Section I Introduction

Section II Interface Reference


Player Manual

Table of Contents

Section I Introduction......................................................................................................................................................................3

Section II Interface Reference ..............................................................................................................................................7 Main Menu ................................................................................................................................................................................8 Adventure Map ....................................................................................................................................................................13

Heroes and the Hero Screen ................................................................................................................................23

Skills ..................................................................................................................................................................................................33

Combat ............................................................................................................................................................................................40 Towns ...............................................................................................................................................................................................49 Magic System .........................................................................................................................................................................55

Kingdom Overview ................................................................................................................................................................57 Multiplayer .............................................................................................................................................................................59

Section III World Reference ............................................................................................................................................63 Spell Reference ....................................................................................................................................................................63

Town and Creature Reference ............................................................................................................................81

Individual Heroes ..............................................................................................................................................................118

Section IV Appendices ..........................................................................................................................................................134

Keyboard Shortcuts ......................................................................................................................................................134

Mplayer.com ........................................................................................................................................................................135 HEAT ...........................................................................................................................................................................................137 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................................................................138

Customer Support ..........................................................................................................................................................141

Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................142

90-Day Limited Warranty ..................................................................................................................................144

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Introduction

Dear Heroes of Might and Magic® fans,

When I sat down to create King’s Bounty®, the precursor to Heroes of Might and Magic, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine it would grow into the phenomenon the series has become.  I had just finished Might and Magic® II.  At the time, King’s Bounty was state of the art: 16 colors and used up both sides of the floppy disk.  I had one programmer and one artist to make my design real, and it took us about a year to finish.

Nine years later, the HeroesIII game is state of the art.  The Heroes III game has 65,000 colors and fills an entire CD.  I had over 30 people work on the project: programmers, artists, voice actors, and level designers, and it took us about 18 months to finish.

King’s Bounty, although crude by today’s standards, was a lot of fun to play.  Players recruited troops, maintained armies, and fought battles on tactical maps with a variety of fantastic monsters.  The Heroes III game does the same, only the graphics are much fancier and the animations are far smoother.  In addition, some fundamental game play changes have happened since then, giving the player options and tactics magnifying the scope of the game  tremendously.

The leap from King’s Bounty to the Heroes I game was the single largest change, both in terms of technology and game play.  I looked at what I thought had gone right with King’s Bounty, mixed in our fans’ wish lists and the capabilities of more modern computers, and got down to work.  After a seemingly endless series of false starts, dead ends, and programming troubles, we shipped the game and held our breath.

The Heroes I game shipped quietly enough, but enthusiasm for the game was strong and grew stronger as time passed.  It took us a while to realize we had a genuine hit on our hands, but when we did, we started work on the Heroes II game immediately.  This time, we were armed with a ton of fan mail suggestions and an existing game that we could build from. Nevertheless, what seemed to be a simple improvement to a finished game was fraught with complications, and I agonized over design decisions and game balance considerations. 

After a year’s worth of design wrangling, we got down to business and the Heroes II game shipped in time for Christmas.  I noticed that everyone in the office was playing the game even people working on different projects - and knew from past experience what a good sign this was. The Heroes II game turned out to be one of our most popular games ever.

Now we’ve shipped the Heroes III game. We’ve had a lot of fun designing and making this game, and once again, everyone in the office is playing it.  I’m confident the Heroes III game is going to be a smashing success!  We hope you have as much fun playing it as we’ve had making it!

Sincerely,

Jon Van Caneghem

Creator and Designer

Heroes of Might and Magic I-III

Might and Magic I-VII King’s Bounty

Commander,

I hope this letter finds you well and has reached you before you set sail with Queen Catherine to Erathia. I regret these trying times. The duties forced upon me have made it impossible for me to see you off in person.

First, let me congratulate you on your commission. I am glad

— no, thankful — Catherine has someone of your character and abilities among her entourage. I do not hold such an unqualified opinion of some who travel with you. I know you are more at home on the battlefield than in the company of the royal court, but let me remind you, the strategies and tactics employed there are every bit as complex and potentially deadly, as any found in military conflict. No, I don’t have any real proof of any particular disloyalty or treachery — just a feeling.

It is unfortunate your first visit to Erathia could not be made in happier times — it is a land of beauty and stability. Or at least it has been, under Nicolas Gryphonheart’s rule. He was a great king and a dedicated ally. I will remember him best as a man of strength and fairness, both qualities have bred



How to Use this Manual

This manual is divided into three main sections. This section, the Introduction, contains the background story, features information, installation instructions, and “getting started” hints. The second section, Interface Reference, details the workings of the game’s various interfaces. The third section, World Reference, is full of descriptive and statistical information about the locations, creatures, heroes, and spells you will encounter as you play. The Appendices contain additional information about Internet gaming services, Troubleshooting, 3DO Customer Support, The 3DO Company 90-Day Warranty, and an extensive index.

If you are new to the world of Heroes of Might and Magic, fear not! The game is rich in detail, true, but it belongs to a series long applauded for ease of use. Furthermore, you can play the in-game tutorial specifically designed to introduce you to the basic concepts of the Heroes III game gameplay. Refer to the Interface Reference and World Reference for more detailed information as you play.

If you are familiar with the Heroes II game, you may feel comfortable diving right into the game. In the Interface Reference, discussion of each of the game’s major interfaces (for example, the Adventure Map) begins with an overview. Read each overview, then the following sections for a more detailed explanation about particular features. You will find the World Reference helpful as you encounter new spells, town features, and creatures.

Manual Conventions

This manual assumes you are using a standard keyboard and two-button mouse, and you are familiar with their use. It will also assume you have a minimal understanding of the Microsoft Windows® 95/98 operating systems. If you don’t understand any of the following terms, you may want to take a few minutes and run through the tutorial materials that come with Windows 95/98:

mouse pointer

left-click right-click

double-click pull-down menu dialog box

The manual will use the term “click” to replace “left-click.”


Section II Interface Reference

Starting Play

Before you begin a Heroes III gaming session, you must choose what type of game you want to play. The New Game Menu allows you to choose between single, campaign, and multiplayer scenarios. You may also choose to resume a previously saved game or play the tutorial.

File

Quit: Closes the program

Display

Full Screen (F4): Switches the display to full screen mode

Help

On Line Manual: Starts the help system

About: Displays copyright information about the game

Launching Heroes of Might and Magic III

Once the program is installed you may start the game by inserting the Heroes III game CD into your CD-ROM drive and clicking the Play button on the following screen. When you do this, the company credit animations and introductory movie will play. You may bypass these by clicking the mouse button at any time. You may also start the game by choosing the Heroes III game shortcut created in your Start Menu.

Full Screen Vs. Windowed Display

During your gaming session, you may hit the F4 key to switch between full screen and windowed display modes. In full screen mode, the Heroes III game fills your entire video display at 800 x 600 pixel resolution. In this mode, you may press Alt-TAB to minimize the game screen and display the Windows Desktop. To return to the game from the Desktop, select it from your Taskbar.

In windowed display mode, the game appears in a standard Desktop window. Since the game displays at 800 x 600 resolution, it is recommended this mode only be used when running Windows at 1024 x 768 or higher resolution. In windowed display mode, you gain the following pull-down menu commands:

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                                  Main Menu                        New Game Menu


The Main Menu displays after the introductory animations play. To choose an option from the menu, move the mouse cursor over a button and click.

New Game:  Choose this to start a game from the beginning. Clicking this button sends you to the New Game Menu, where you can select between single player scenario, multiplayer, or campaign games.

Load Game: While you are playing the Heroes III game, you can save games in progress. Choose this option to resume a previously saved game.

High Score: When you complete a single scenario or

campaign, you receive a score based on your

performance. Click this button to display a list of the top scores.

Credits: Click this button to see the list of people responsible for bringing you the Heroes III game.

Quit: Click this button to close the program and return to Windows.

The New Game Menu appears when you click the New Game button on the Main Menu. From this menu you can start a single, multiplayer, or campaign scenario from the beginning.

Single Scenario:  Click this button to start a single scenario. Single scenarios are played on one map against the computer and are completed by meeting a set of mission conditions.

Multiplayer: You may play the Heroes III game against other human players across the Internet, other network connections, or on a single computer. Press this button to display the Multiplayer Game Type Selector. For more information about multiplayer games, see Multiplayer (pg. 59).

Campaign: Choose this button to display the selection of campaign games. Campaign games are linked scenarios marking climactic events in longer stories. They are played against the computer.

Tutorial: A special tutorial scenario has been created to help you learn the game. To play it, click this button. You will need to consult the online tutorial guide as you play.

Back: Click this button to return to the Main Menu.


Scenario Selector                                           Current Map

Before you can start a single player or multiplayer game, you must choose which scenario you want to play. This is done using the Scenario Selector. Here you may also set the game difficulty and choose which forces you want to control in a single player game. In a multiplayer game, the host assigns players to their forces (see Multiplayer, pg. 59).

You may toggle the display of available scenarios by clicking the Show Available Scenarios button. You can move the list up and down using the scroll bar along the right side of the list. When you click on a scenario’s name, it becomes highlighted and its scenario description and win/loss conditions are displayed. The difficulty settings control the strength of the computer opponent’s starting resources and artificial intelligence.

To start the highlighted scenario, click the Begin button. Click the Back button to return to the Main Menu.

Size of Map

Maps may be small, medium, large, or extra large in size. Size refers to the tile dimension of the Adventure Map a scenario is played on. While many factors affect length of play, this can be used as a rough gauge of how long it will take to complete a scenario, with larger maps taking more time. The Map List Box’s display may be constrained to a list of maps of a certain size by using the Size Filter buttons located directly above it.

Size Filter Button

Map Size Displayed

Tile Dimension

S (small)

36 x 36

M (medium)

72 x 72

L (large)

108 x 108  

XL (extra large)

144 x 144

All of the Above

All of the Above  

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Victory/Loss Conditions

Usually, you can win a scenario by taking all enemy castles and defeating all enemy heroes. Some scenarios have special victory conditions you can complete to win. You lose a scenario if you control no towns when your last hero is defeated. Some scenarios have additional loss conditions. Special Victory Conditions

 

Acquire a Specific Artifact

You must find a specific artifact. Win by placing the artifact in one of your heroes’ backpacks.

Accumulate Creatures

Your kingdom must acquire X number of creatures.

Accumulate Resources

Your kingdom must acquire X amount of a specific resource.

Upgrade a Specific Town

The hall and castle of a given town must be upgraded to a specified level.

Build a Grail Building

You must find the Grail and build a grail building in one of your towns.

Defeat a Specific Hero

You must defeat a specified hero.

Capture a Specific Town

You must occupy a specified town.

Defeat a Specific Creature

You must defeat a specified wandering monster.

Flag All Creature Generators

You must control all the creature generators on the map.

Flag All Mines

You must control all the mines on the map.

Transport a Specific Artifact

You must acquire a specific artifact and transport it to a specified town.

Special Loss Conditions

Lose a Specific Hero

You lose if the specified hero is defeated.

Lose a Specific Town

You lose if the specified town is occupied by an enemy.

Time Limit

You lose if you have not won the scenario within the specified number of days.

Chatting

If you are participating in a multiplayer game, you can turn on and off the display of network chat by pressing the Show/Hide Chat button. When Chat is on, chat messages are shown in the Scenario Description box. You can send a chat message by typing it in the box directly below this button.

Advanced Options

To display the Advanced Options, click the Show Advanced Options button.  This will display the available options for each opponent in the currently selected scenario.  For each game, the scenario’s designer defines each opponent as playable by a human or the computer (CPU).  Slots displaying “Human or CPU” may be played by either.  Any available human slot has a Player Flag button adjacent to the associated slot, on the far left of the window.  In a multiplayer game, the host assigns players to each available slot by repeatedly clicking the Player Flag button, cycling through the available players.  At the start of the scenario, any player not assigned to a slot is dropped from the game.  All unassigned slots will be played by the computer.

Often, you can choose an opponent’s starting town type, starting hero, and/or starting bonus. If you can, arrows appear on the sides of the town, hero, and starting bonus pictures. If you can set the starting town type, which town you choose will affect what heroes and starting bonuses are available. Click on the Handicap button to cycle through player handicap settings. Handicap will affect a player’s starting resources.

You may also set the Player Turn Duration limit by moving the slider at the bottom of the Advanced Options display. This controls how long human player turns can last (when not in combat).

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Campaign Games

Campaign games are scenarios linked together by a story line told from either a good, neutral, or evil perspective. To start a campaign, click the Campaign button on the Main Menu and then select from the available campaigns displayed on the following screen. When you complete all of the initially displayed campaigns, new campaign choices appear. After you choose a campaign, the Campaign Scenario Startup Screen displays.

At various points in campaign story lines, you may choose which conflict you want to involve yourself in. If this is the case, more than one territory on the invasion map will be highlighted. Click on a highlighted area to choose a scenario. Information about the chosen scenario will be displayed in the Scenario Information box.

In most scenarios, you will be able to select starting bonus options. Once you are satisfied with your scenario and bonus selections, click the Begin button to start the campaign scenario. In order to advance the story of the campaign, you must win the scenario. If you lose, you can replay the scenario.


Interface Reference

Adventure Map

Each Heroes III game scenario takes place in a part of Erathia. The relevant portion of the land is represented on the Adventure Map. At the beginning of each scenario, you can only see the areas of the land within view of your towns and heroes; the rest is shrouded from you. As you send your heroes exploring, the map is revealed along their path of travel. Subterranean gates act as passages to the subterranean level. This underground territory is displayed on its own map, which is also revealed as your heroes travel.

As you explore the map, you will discover treasures, wandering creatures, valuable resources, and a wide variety of permanent locations. While there are a multitude of different types of permanent locations, among those you encounter will be mines, which can provide you with steady streams of resources; abandoned ruins to explore; and creature dwellings where you may recruit troops for your heroes’ armies.

You will also encounter heroes and towns belonging to opponents - either human or computer. More often than not, your scenario mission objectives will require you to make war with other heroes. Combat between your heroes and other heroes, wandering monsters, and town garrisons takes place on the Combat Screen (see Combat, pg. 40). When you conquer enemy towns, they become part of your territorial holdings, adding their many benefits to your cause (see Towns, pg. 49).

This section describes the Adventure Map screen interface for campaign and single-player games. For explanations of the particular interface differences encountered in multiplayer games see Multiplayer (pg. 59).

Game Play

On each Erathian day, players can move their forces and manage their territories in turns. This does not happen simultaneously—rather, each player, starting with you (the human player) takes a turn, and then passes on play to the next player. Once all players have had their turn, the current day ends and a new day begins.

At the beginning of each day, mines and cities you control add to your resources. Resources represent gold and raw materials you may spend to improve your towns, recruit troops, and perform other actions. Town buildings producing creatures do so on the first day of the week (see Towns, pg. 49). The current date appears at the lower right corner of the Adventure Map screen.

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Adventure Map View

The Adventure Map

You may scroll the Adventure Map in the direction you want by moving the cursor to the screen’s edges and corners (diagonal scrolling). The red box displayed in the World Map indicates what portion of the map is shown in the Adventure Map display. Clicking in the World Map centers this box at the cursor. You may also drag the box around the World Map.

Identifying text appears in the Rollover Bar as you move the cursor over map features. You may rightclick on anything appearing on the Adventure Map to display further information.

Heroes

You may have up to eight heroes on the Adventure Map at any given time; if you have more than eight heroes in the field, any extras must be commanding town garrisons (see Towns, pg. 49). Heroes on the Adventure Map carry their player’s flag color.

Heroes travel with their armies, made up of creatures arranged in groups called troops. Each troop can hold one or more creatures, but all the creatures in the troop must be of the same creature type. A hero’s army must have at least one troop and can include up to seven. In battle, a hero leads the battle by commanding their army rather than fighting directly.

Interface Reference

Selecting a Hero

The Hero Selector buttons on the right side of the Adventure Screen are used to select your individual heroes. Clicking a hero’s button selects the hero and centers the Adventure Map display on that hero. If you have more than five heroes, you may need to click the scroll buttons to display a hero’s selector button.  Double-clicking on a Hero Selector button brings up a hero’s Hero Screen (see Heroes and the Hero Screen, pg. 23).

On the left side of each Hero Selector button is a green bar which shrinks as the hero’s movement allowance is used up. The blue bar on the right side of each button measures what percentage of the hero’s spell points he or she has left. Spell points are spent when a hero casts spells. For more information, see Magic System (pg. 55).

Moving Your Hero

When you click on the Adventure Map at a location the currently selected hero can move to, a line of arrows, indicating the path the hero must follow, is drawn from the hero to that location now marked by an X. If the location is within the hero’s movement limit for the current day, then the arrows and X appear in green. If the hero cannot reach the location in one move, brown arrows indicate the length that must be traveled in the next or subsequent turns. You may change the destination by clicking a different spot on the map.

Click the X to move the currently selected hero along the path. You may also click on the Move Hero control button to move the currently selected hero down the path. If you want to halt a moving hero in mid-movement, click on the Adventure Map. The current path will remain, but the hero will stop moving. You may resume the hero’s movement or select a new destination.

Movement Allowance

How far a given hero can move is determined by the speed of the slowest creature in their army. Creature speed statistics are listed in the Town and Creature Reference (pg. 81). Distances on the Adventure Map are measured in tiles.

Movement Allowance Table

Slowest Creature Speed                               Movement Allowance

Super Slow - Extra Slow                                  15 tiles

               Slow                                               16 tiles

     Swift - Extra Swift                                     17 tiles

           Very Swift                                           18 tiles

Ultra Swift - Super Swift        19 tiles Quick - Super Fast          20 tiles


Terrain and Roads

Some terrain is difficult to travel across and reduces the distance a hero can move. Roads increase this distance. A hero with the Pathfinding secondary skill (see Secondary Skills, pg. 35) is able to reduce the effects of difficult terrain. This chart explains the effects of terrain on movement:

 

 

Terrain Movement Costs Larger numbers mean slower travel.

 

Terrain Type

Normal

Basic Pathfinding                Advanced Pathfinding

Expert Pathfinding

Dirt

100%

          100%                               100%

100%

Grass

100%

          100%                               100%

100%

Lava

100%

          100%                               100%

100%

Subterranean

100%

          100%                               100%

100%

Cobblestone Road

50%

           50%                                 50%

50%

Dirt Road

75%

           75%                                 75%

75%

Gravel Road

65%

           65%                                 65%

65%

Rough

125%

          100%                               100%

100%

Sand

150%

          125%                               100%

100%

Snow

150%

          125%                               100%

100%

Swamp

175%

          150%                               125%

100%

Example: A hero with Pikemen (Extra Slow) would have a starting movement allowance of 15 tiles. However, over the difficult terrain of snow, this hero would only move 10 tiles.  With Basic Pathfinding, the movement allowance of this hero would increase to 12 tiles over snow, and with Advanced Pathfinding, 15 tiles over snow.

Boats

Heroes need boats to move on water. Boats may be: built in Castle, Necropolis, and Fortress towns located on shores, with shipyards; summoned using the Summon Boat spell; built at Adventure Map shipyards; or found elsewhere on the Adventure Map—perhaps abandoned by another hero.

Boarding or disembarking from a boat takes the remainder of a hero’s movement allowance for the current day. To put a hero on a boat, click on an unoccupied boat. To disembark a hero, move the boat carrying that hero to a valid shore location, indicated by the anchor icon. Boat movement is made at a hero’s full movement allowance. A boat can only carry one hero and their army at a time.

The Subterranean Level

Some maps contain a subterranean level. Heroes may enter subterranean gates to pass between the surface and the underground. Pressing the Elevation Toggle control button switches the Adventure Map’s view between the two levels.

Adventure Locations

Towns

Towns provide many benefits to the player in control of them. The town hall for each town you control adds a quantity of gold to your daily resource pool. At your towns, your heroes may recruit troops, replenish their spell points, and learn new spells. For more information, see Towns (pg. 49) and the Town and Creature Reference section (pg. 81).

Your Towns

You may select any of your towns by clicking its Town Selector button. When a town is selected, it is centered in the Adventure Map and its Town Selector button is highlighted. Clicking on a town or its highlighted Town Selector button a second time displays the town’s Town Screen (see Towns, pg. 49).

Your heroes may visit towns you control. To direct a hero to do this, move your hero to a town’s front gate and the cursor will change to a rearing horse. Click, and the hero will enter the town, and the town’s Town Screen will be displayed. If the town has a Mage Guild, the hero will learn any new spells available that he is able to learn, and his spell points will be replenished after staying for one day (see Magic System, pg. 55). Only one hero at a time may visit a given town.

Enemy and Neutral Towns

Towns controlled by other players appear on the Adventure Map with that player’s flag colors and are identified in the same color on the World Map. Neutral towns, those not controlled by any player, appear gray on the World Map. Right-clicking on these towns will display limited information on that town.

When you move the cursor over the front gates of enemy and neutral towns, the sword icon appears indicating they will be defended by any garrison forces present (see Towns, pg. 49). When you defeat a town’s defenses, the town flies your flag color and becomes part of your territory. You can immediately make use of the town and draw from its benefits. If no defenders are present, you may simply take the town by having a hero enter it.

Resource Mines and Loose Resources

When you build structures in your towns or recruit creatures, you use resources—gold, wood, ore, crystal, gems, mercury, and sulfur. Many other game situations also use them. While there are many ways to collect resources, the main means of acquiring them is to control resource mines and find loose resources. When a hero visits a mine, it becomes flagged with the hero’s color and begins producing resources for the hero’s player, adding to the player’s resource pool on a daily basis. Loose resources are “picked up” by the hero who visits them. They disappear from the map and are immediately added to the controlling player’s resource pool.

Treasure Chests and Artifacts

Heroes may also pick up treasure chests and artifacts. Artifacts are items, usually magical, that provide their owner with special powers and abilities. When a hero visits an artifact, it disappears from the map and is added to their inventory (see Heroes, pg. 23). Treasure chests are surprise boxes containing gold, minor artifacts, or experience.

Other Structures

There are many different types of Adventure Map structures you will encounter. Some of these will convey special benefits to the heroes who visit them. Some will be places to explore, full of danger and/or hidden rewards. Others will provide resources, useful information, or artifacts. While you will need to discover the individual qualities of many of these buildings, some of the buildings you are most likely to encounter are listed here.

Border Guards and Gates: Border Guard Towers occasionally appear at borders. In order to pass by a Guard Tower, you will need to visit a local Keymaster’s Tent of the same color.

Creature Dwellings: Some structures are the living places of creatures you may recruit to your cause. Their dwellings may be found on the Adventure Map. Before the creatures serve your cause, you may need to prove your worthiness by facing them in combat. Once you succeed, the dwelling will fly your flag, associated towns may receive a creature bonus, and you can recruit troops there. The supply of available recruits will be replenished once a week.

Obelisks: On some maps, the Grail is hidden. Clues to its location can be found at obelisks.

Wandering Creature Population Labels

Label                                        Population

Few                                      1-4

Several                                 5-9

Pack                                   10-19

Lots                                    20-49

Horde                                 50-99

Throng                              100-249

Swarm                              250-499

Zounds                             500-999

Legion                               1000+

Wandering Creatures: You may find your hero’s way blocked by wandering creatures allied to no particular player. In order to pass by them, you will need to deal with them. Usually, this means defeating them in combat. Sometimes the creatures will be favorable to your cause and will offer to join you, or they may do so because they are awed by your power. Others, realizing they have no chance of defeating you, may flee. Right-clicking on a wandering creature graphic will tell you the type of creatures camped at the spot and a rough estimate of their numbers.

Wandering monster troops are randomly assigned a hostility value from one to ten. Monsters with higher hostility values are more likely to attack. A wandering monster troop will be more likely to avoid combat with hero armies stronger than they or composed of the same creature types. Heroes with the Diplomacy secondary skill will be attacked less often.


Adventure Map Cursors

Movement Cursors

Clicking on the map where these icons appear will draw a movement path from the current hero to the desired location.

The current hero can move to this spot in the number of turns indicated in the lower right. (If no number appears on a movement cursors, the hero can move to the target spot during the current turn.)

Appears when the cursor moves over an adventure location, like a building or mine, the current hero can visit.

If the current hero is on land, and this cursor appears over a boat, then the hero may enter the boat.

Appears over a water location a hero on a boat may visit.

Indicates a shore location where a hero may land a boat and disembark.

Indicates wandering monsters, enemy towns, enemy garrisons, and enemy heroes a hero may attack.

Appears over heroes the current hero may trade with. When the hero is reached, the Hero Trading screen is displayed (see Hero Trading, pg. 32)

Appears when you cast the Dimension Door spell. To teleport the casting hero to the new location, click the destination in the Adventure Map Window.

Selection Cursors

These icons are used to select the current town or hero.

Appears over the current hero or over any of your heroes when a town is selected. Clicking selects the current hero, or displays the Hero Screen if the hero is already selected.

Appears over your towns. Clicking selects the current town or, if the town is already selected, displays the Town Screen.

Appears when you cast the Scuttle Boat spell. Click on the boat you wish to cast the spell on.

Control Buttons

Kingdom Overview: This button displays the Kingdom Overview (see Kingdom Overview, pg. 57).

Elevation Toggle: This button toggles the Adventure Map display between the surface and subterranean levels.

Quest Log: Click this button to display the Quest Log.

Sleep/Wake Hero: This button puts the current hero in sleep mode. A sleeping hero is passed over during the Next Hero selection. Wake heroes by selecting them (on the Adventure Map or with their Hero Selector button) and clicking this button.

Move Hero: If the current hero has a movement path laid, pressing this button will move them along their path to the extent of their movement allowance.

Cast Spell: If the current hero has a spell book, this button will display their spell book so they can cast Adventure Spells (see Magic System, pg. 55).

Adventure Options: Click this button to display the Adventure Options (pg. 21). You may click the button to close this display.

System Options: Click this button to display the System Options menu. You can close the menu by clicking the Return To Game button.

Next Hero: Clicking this button will select the next awake hero with any movement points down the list.

End Turn: Click this button to end your turn and allow your opponents to take theirs.

Adventure Options View World: This button displays a large scale view of the map in the Adventure Map display. Click on the

Zoom buttons to change the view scale. Click the Puzzle Map button to switch to a view of the Puzzle Map, or to exit the display.

Puzzle Map: This button displays the Puzzle Map, which shows the location of the Grail. When your heroes visit Obelisks, parts of the map are revealed. When the map is fully displayed, you will see an X marking the spot where the Grail is buried.

Dig: In order to recover the Grail, a hero must dig it out of the ground. Click this button to direct the current hero to dig at their location. Digging takes a full day, so the hero must not yet have moved during the current turn.

Scenario Information: Click this button to display information about the current scenario.

Replay Opponent Turn: If you press this button, you can see a replay of your opponents’ last turns.

System Options

Hero Speed: Select one of these buttons to set the movement animation speed of your heroes.

Enemy Speed: These buttons control the movement animation speed of your enemies. You may also choose to hide your enemies’ movements from you.

Map Scroll Speed: These buttons control how fast the map view scrolls.

Video Quality: Selects high or low quality video playback.

Show Move Path: Toggles display of hero movement paths.

If you turn the paths off, your heroes will move immediately

towards any destination you click on.

Move Hero Reminder: This toggles on and off the Move Hero Reminder which normally displays at the end of a turn, if you have any sleeping heroes or heroes with movement points left.

Quick Combat: When this option is on, the game resolves combat for you without displaying the Combat Screen.

Video Subtitles: Toggles subtitles for videos on and off.

Town Building Outlines: When the cursor moves over buildings in the Town Screen, buildings you can click on may be outlined. These buttons turn on and off the outline display.

Spellbook Animation: Turns on and off the page turn animations in the spell book display.

Disk Options

Load Game: This button displays the Load Game menu. Loading a new game will end the current game.

Save Game: This button displays the Save Game menu to save your current game.

Restart Scenario: Click this button to start the current scenario from the beginning.

Main Menu: Click this button to return to the Main Menu. This will end the current game.

Quit to Desktop: Click this button to close Heroes III and return to Windows.

Return to Game: Click this button to close the System Options menu and return to play.

Sound Options

Music Volume: This control sets the game’s music playback volume. Clicking the volume controls to the left reduces the volume, clicking to the right increases it.

Effects Volume: This control allows you to set the game’s sound effect playback volume. Informational Displays

The Resource Bar

The Resource Bar shows how much of each of the game’s resources you currently have.

Rollover Bar

A Rollover Bar is at the bottom of most game menus and interface displays. As you move the cursor over the screen, displayed text identifies what the cursor is currently over.

Right-Click Information

You may right-click on most game or interface items to display further information about the item. These displays remain in view as long as you hold down the right mouse button.

Status Window Information

Information about the currently selected hero, town, or resource, as well as number of towns and allies, appears in the box at the lower right corner. You may click on this box to toggle between the various displays available.

Heroes and the Hero Screen

Actions in the Heroes III game are performed by heroes. Heroes explore the land, sea, and underground. They gather treasures, resources, and other artifacts. They secure towns and Adventure Map structures, adding them to your territory. Heroes travel with troops recruited at towns and other locations. With these armies they can engage in battles against your enemies or lead the defense of your towns. As heroes explore and battle, they gain experience points. When they have enough experience points, they go up a level. At each level, heroes gain new skills and increase their abilities at skills they already possess.

In most scenarios, you start with at least one hero under your command. You can gather more heroes to your cause by recruiting them in your town taverns. Heroes may be stationed in your town garrisons or may roam the lands of Erathia. Garrisoned heroes lead troops stationed in a town’s garrison if the town is attacked by an enemy hero. You can have one garrisoned hero per town and up to eight roaming heroes at any one time.

Hero Types

There are sixteen different types of heroes—two for each of the eight town types. One type specializes in the use of magic, the other is more battle-oriented. Heroes of all types may be recruited in any town.

Castle Heroes

Knight: Knights are brave and noble warriors dedicated to good and righteousness. While they can learn magic skills, they are by far more dedicated to the pursuit of martial knowledge.

Cleric: Clerics are members of the fighting forces of their holy orders. They pursue a range of knowledge, both martial and mystical.

Dungeon Heroes

Overlord: Overlords build dungeon lairs to protect their gains acquired through conquest. Ruling through intimidation, they tend to be warriors who know the value of magic. They often wear armor designed to enhance the ferocity of their appearance.

Warlock: Warlocks learn magic for the power it gives them to achieve dark and selfish goals. More than any other hero, they focus on the pursuit of magical knowledge over other values. Warlocks often flaunt their power, using magic to alter their features.

Fortress Heroes

Beastmaster: Through physical force and intimidation, Beastmasters build their realms by subjugating those dwelling nearby,. As a consequence, they are little interested in the pursuit of mystical knowledge. Beastmasters often costume themselves in the likeness of vicious swamp creatures.

Witch: Witches are adept at the use of magic powered by rare ingredients gathered from swamplands. Learning this knowledge takes a focus that allows for little advancement of military knowledge.

Inferno Heroes

Demoniac: Demoniacs are people (often ex-Heretics) who have been completely possessed by one or more demons. Though they have a natural predisposition to gaining magical power, Demoniacs also acquire balancing military skills as well.

Heretic: Heretics aim to harness demonic forces to their bidding. While they tend to train themselves with warrior skills, they must also know enough magic to control their infernal allies. Heretics can often be recognized by the number of protective wards and markings they wear to ward off demonic attacks.

Necropolis Heroes

Death Knight: Death Knights are knights resurrected as liches. While they maintain their former martial learnings, their new forms open them more freely to the learning of magic.

Necromancer: Necromancers are magic users seduced by the easy power of death magic. The price of their art is its practice slowly drains life from its wielders—eventually transforming them into liches.

Rampart Heroes

Ranger: Rangers are warriors born of the woods, skilled at hunting and tracking. Their dedication to the protection of the wilderness leads them to pursue a wide range of knowledge, concentrating on martial and outdoor skills.

Druid: Druids are mystics who draw their power from a harmonic relationship with the land. While they pursue their mystical knowledge, their outdoor living causes them to acquire a balance of physical skills.

Stronghold Heroes

Barbarian: Barbarians are little concerned with anything outside the pursuit of military might. Consequently, they advance most quickly in attack based skills and slowly in all others. Barbarians wield massive weapons and wear little armor.

Battle Mage: Battle Mages are Barbarians with limited spellcasting abilities. While they advance their ability at magic, they also study the arts of war. Battle Mages often wear trophies, gathered from slain foes, from which they derive additional power.

Tower Heroes

Alchemist: Alchemists are skilled in physical and chemical magic, particularly so in the building and animation of golems. Working their craft builds muscular strength, which makes Alchemists ready learners of military skills as well. Their armor is composed of rare metal alloys created through their skill in alchemy.

Wizard: Wizards are dedicated pursuers of mystical and magical knowledge. While they may lend little to the direct military aspect of a battle, they are likely to turn the tide in their favor with use of mighty arcane forces. Wizards seldom wear any armor, relying on their control of magic to protect them.

The Hero Screen

Information about each hero you control can be viewed on their individual Hero Screen. The Hero Screen can be displayed from the Adventure Map screen by double-clicking on a hero’s Hero Selector button or by double-clicking on the hero directly on the map. The Hero Screen is also used to organize the hero’s items and armies.


Morale

This icon represents the basic morale rating of the hero’s army. In combat, low morale can cause creatures to freeze. High morale can allow them extra attacks (see Combat, pg 40). Click on the icon to display a list of morale-affecting factors.

Specialty

Luck

This icon represents the current basic luck rating of the hero’s army. Good luck increases a creature’s chance to do maximum damage (see Combat, pg. 40). Click on the icon to display a list of factors modifying the army’s luck.


Each hero has a special ability. Click on this icon to display information about it.

Experience

Displays the hero’s current experience points. Click the icon to display the hero’s current level and the experience points needed to reach the next level (see Skills, pg. 33).

Spell Points

This displays the hero’s current and maximum spell points. (For example, “15/20” means that the hero currently has 15 spell points out of a maximum of 20). Click the icon for a more verbose display (see Magic System, pg. 55).

Primary Skills

These icons display your hero’s four primary skills—Attack, Defense, Power, and Knowledge (see Skills pg. 33).

Secondary Skills

Each hero can have up to eight different secondary skills. Icons representing these skills are displayed in these slots. Each skill can be performed at a basic, advanced, or expert level (see Skills, pg. 33). Click on each icon to display information about the skill.


Hero’s Army

These seven slots display the troop stacks in the hero’s army. Each troop stack portrait has a number indicating how many creatures are in each slot. The slot a troop stack occupies affects where the troop appears on the battlefield (see Combat, pg. 40). There are several things you can do with this display to manage your hero’s army.

Displaying Creature Information

Clicking on a highlighted troop stack displays its creature information as follows.

Portrait: This is a picture of the creature as it will appear on the battlefield. The number in the lower right corner is the number of creatures in the troop. Above the portrait is the creature’s name.

Attack: This is the creature’s attack rating. The number in parenthesis represents the rating as affected by the hero’s Attack skill and other factors.

Defense: This is the creature’s defense rating. In parenthesis is its rating as affected by modifying factors.

Shots: Creatures with ranged attacks have a limited number of shots. This displays how many are left. If there is no number here, then the creature has no ranged attack.

Damage: This shows the range of damage the creature does when it attacks.

Health: This shows the creature’s maximum health points.

Health Left: This shows how many health points the top creature in the troop has left.

Speed: This is the creature’s speed rating.

Morale: This shows the creature’s current, individual morale rating.

Luck: This is the creature’s current, individual luck rating.

Affecting Spells: Spells currently cast on the creature are shown here.

Dismissing a Troop

If you wish to remove a troop from the hero’s army, display the troop’s Creature Information window and then click the Dismiss Troop button. All heroes in the field must have at least one troop, so you cannot dismiss a hero’s last troop.

Upgrading a Troop

Each creature is available in a basic and upgraded version. If a hero visits a town capable of generating a creature’s upgraded version, you may upgrade any basic level creatures by pressing the Upgrade Troop button.

Combining Two Troops of Like Creatures

If you have two troops containing identical creatures, you can combine them into one troop. Do this by highlighting one troop, then clicking on the second one. The creatures in the first troop will be absorbed into the second.

Splitting Troops

You can take a troop with two or more creatures in it, and split it into two troops. To do this, highlight the troop, click the Split Troop button, and then click on an empty troop slot or troop of like creatures. The Split Troop control will appear.

To split the current troop, move the slider control to the right. As you do so, creatures will be transferred from the originating troop. Click when you are satisfied, or click the Cancel button to cancel the operation.

Move a Troop to an Empty Troop Slot

To move a troop from its current troop slot to an empty one, click on the troop to highlight it, and then click on the slot you want to move it to.

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Switch the Positions of Two Troops

To have two different troops trade their troop slot positions, click on one of the troops to highlight it, and then click on the second troop.

Loose Formation Tight Formation Tactics Formation Army Formation Selector

You may choose how a hero’s troops are arrayed on the battlefield using the Army Formation Selection buttons. Choosing Loose Formation will cause the troops to be arrayed in a loose line, while choosing Tight Formation will array them in a tight line. If a hero has the Tactics secondary skill, the Tactics Formation button turns on and off the Tactics formation option. When Tactics formation is on, the hero’s armies can be moved about the battlefield prior to the beginning of a battle (see Combat, pg. 40).

Dismiss Hero

Click this button if you wish to dismiss the displayed hero. If you do this, the hero will leave your service. He or she may later appear for hire in one of your town taverns, or may end up in the service of one of your enemies.

View Quest Log

Click on this icon to display the Quest Log. The text displayed lists quests your heroes have accepted. The quest log scrolls up/down using a scroll bar.


Interface Reference

View Spell Book

Click on this icon to display the spell book (see Magic System, pg. 55).

Hero Inventory

As heroes collect artifact items and war machines, they appear in their inventory. To display information about an inventory item, right-click on its icon.

In order to gain the benefits of these items, the hero must equip them. Many items must be worn or held by the hero. In order to equip a worn item, drag its icon from the hero’s backpack to the appropriate slot on the hero’s body diagram. Note this means a hero can only wear one helmet, one set of boots, etc. at a time. Some items are not worn but must still be equipped. Up to four of these may be equipped at one time by placing them in the miscellaneous equipment slots. Sixty-four non-equipped items may be carried by a hero in their backpack. Click the scroll arrows to scroll the backpack contents display.

There are four equipment slots reserved for any war machines the hero may be carrying. Only the Catapult, Ballista, Ammo Cart, and First Aid tent may be placed in these slots. A hero may only carry one of each war machine type at any one time.

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Hero Trading

When two, allied heroes meet on the Adventure Map, they may trade inventory items and troops. To initiate a trading session between two of your heroes, make one of them the current hero and then click on the second hero to move them together. When you do this, the Hero Trade Screen appears.

The Hero Trade Screen displays each hero’s basic statistics, their troop slots, and their inventories. You may perform the following actions on the Hero Screen:

Adjust Inventory Items and Trade Them Between the Heroes

You can adjust the placement of inventory items for allied heroes, or trade items between them. To move an item, drag it to an empty backpack or hero equipment slot. Inventory items may only be placed in hero backpacks or in their appropriate equipment slots as described in Hero Inventory, above.

Adjust Troops and Trade Them Between the Heroes

You may move, split, combine, swap, and dismiss troops as described in Hero Army, above. These actions may also be performed between the two heroes’ troop slots. Since each hero must always have at least one troop, you will not be allowed to trade away or dismiss a hero’s last troop.

Note: Trades between different players with allied heroes is “one-way.” You may give, but not take.

Interface Reference

Display Information about a Hero

You may click on the icons representing the heroes’ skills, experience and specialty to display information about them. Click on a hero’s portrait to display the hero’s Hero Screen. To display a hero’s Quest Log, click on their View Quest Log button.

Level Advancement

When a hero wins a battle, he or she gains experience points. Experience points may also be gained at various Adventure Map locations or by picking up treasure chests. When treasure chests contain gold, you are offered the choice of keeping the gold or giving it to the local peasants. If you give up the gold, the hero gains experience points.

Once a hero gains a certain amount of experience points, he or she goes up a level. At each level, the hero advances one primary skill and one secondary skill.

Skill Advancement

Each time a hero reaches a new level, one of their primary skills is advanced by one point. Each hero may also gain expertise in up to eight secondary skills. When a hero gains a level, the Skill Advancement Screen appears. You will be offered two secondary skill advancements to choose from. Making the choice will either advance the hero’s expertise in a secondary skill he or she already knows, or give the hero an entirely new skill at a basic level of expertise. Right-click on a skill icon to display information about the skill. Click on an icon to choose the skill advancement for your hero. Skills

Primary Skills

All heroes attain ability in the four primary skills—Attack, Defense, Power, and Knowledge. Martially oriented heroes, like Knights and Rangers, will have their Attack and Defense skills advance more rapidly. Heroes studying magic, like Wizards and Necromancers, will more often gain Power and Knowledge. The Primary Skill Advancement by Class table displays the chance a particular primary skill will advance when a hero reaches a new level. After a hero reaches level 9, their advancement generally becomes more balanced.

Attack                           A hero’s Attack skill number is added to each of their creature’s attack rating, increasing the amount of damage they do in combat.

Defense       A hero’s Defense skill is added to each of their army creature’s defense rating, which decreases the amount of damage they take from enemy attacks.

Power                            When a hero casts a spell, their Power skill number determines how powerfully a spell is cast. While this effect will vary from spell to spell, the Power skill number most often determines how long a spell’s effect lasts or how much damage it does.

Knowledge                   Each point of Knowledge a hero possesses adds ten points to their maximum spell point total. Spell points are spent when spells are cast (see Magic System, pg. 55).


Primary Skill Advancement by Class

Hero Class and Level

Attack

Defense

Power

Knowledge

Alchemist 2-9

30%

30%

20%

20%

Alchemist 10+

30%

30%

20%

20%

Barbarian 2-9

55%

35%

5%

5%

Barbarian 10+

30%

30%

20%

20%

Battle Mage 2-9

30%

20%

25%

25%

Battle Mage 10+

25%

25%

25%

25%

Beastmaster 2-9

30%

50%

10%

10%

Beastmaster 10+

30%

30%

20%

20%

Cleric 2-9

20%

15%

30%

35%

Cleric 10+

20%

20%

30%

30%

Death Knight 2-9

30%

25%

20%

25%

Death Knight 10+

25%

25%

25%

25%

Demoniac 2-9

35%

35%

15%

15%

Demoniac 10+

30%

30%

20%

20%

Druid 2-9

10%

20%

35%

35%

Druid 10+

20%

20%

30%

30%

Heretic 2-9

15%

15%

35%

35%

Heretic 10+

20%

20%

30%

30%

Knight 2-9

35%

45%

10%

10%

Knight 10+

30%

30%

20%

20%

Necromancer 2-9

15%

15%

35%

35%

Necromancer 10+

25%

25%

25%

25%

Overlord 2-9

35%

35%

15%

15%

Overlord 10+

30%

30%

20%

20%

Ranger 2-9

35%

45%

10%

10%

Ranger 10+

30%

30%

20%

20%

Warlock 2-9

10%

10%

50%

30%

Warlock 10+

20%

20%

30%

30%

Witch 2-9

5%

15%

40%

40%

Witch 10+

20%

20%

30%

30%

Wizard 2-9

10%

10%

40%

40%

Wizard 10+

30%

20%

20%

30%

Secondary Skills

There are twenty-eight different secondary skills in the game. Each may by held at a basic, advanced, or expert level of ability. Each hero can learn up to eight different secondary skills.



Combat

 Whenever you come into direct conflict with an enemy hero, wandering creature, enemy town, or  creatures guarding a structure on the Adventure Map, the ensuing battle is resolved on the Combat Screen. The Combat Screen displays a detailed map of the battlefield.

 The terrain you fight on depends on where the conflict takes place on the Adventure Map. If you fight  the enemy at a fortified town, you fight in siege combat. Ship-to-ship combat occurs when one boat  attacks another. If a battle takes place on open terrain or at an unfortified 6  town, it is fought in field combat. In field combat, the attacking forces are arrayed on the left side  of the screen, while the defenders appear on the right side. In siege combat, the attackers are on the  left, while the defenders arearrayed on the right, behind protective walls. In the case of  ship-to-ship combat, both sides are protected by their ship’s gunwales.

 Combat takes place between creatures. If a hero is present on either side, he or she does not directly  engage in attack or defense. Heroes lead the battle and may cast combat spells (see Magic System,  pg. 55) if they are able. Individual creatures are part of troops which may contain more than one  member, but are represented on the battlefield as a single unit. Each side may have as many as seven  troops. Each troop can only contain creatures of the same type. If a hero is equipped with war machines, these appear on their side of the battlefield.

 Combat sequence is broken into rounds. Each troop or war machine can perform one action per round.  All combat units take turns completing their actions. Which unit goes first is determined by the unit’s  speed rating, with faster units going before slower ones. If there are two creatures of equal speed, the  attacker will go first. Actions can consist of moving, engaging in hand-to-hand or ranged attacks, casting spells, using special abilities, waiting or defending.

 Combat ends when one side retreats, surrenders, or is completely eliminated. Heroes who win the battle  receive experience points, and collect the artifacts of defeated enemy heroes. If a player’s hero defeats the forces guarding a town, the town becomes part of that player’s territory.

Combat Screen

Conducting Combat

Arraying Your Forces

On each hero’s Hero Screen are Formation buttons used to set the manner in which their forces are initially placed on the battlefield (see Hero Screen, pg. 23). The formation options available are loose and tight.

Distances on the battlefield are measured in hexes. The easiest way to understand this is to turn on the grid overlay. To do this, click on the Combat Options button to display the Combat Options Menu, then click the View Hex Grid button. Close the menu by clicking the Return to Game button. Now the battlefield should be overlaid with a pattern of hexagons.

In loose and tight formations, a given hero’s forces will appear on his battlefield side’s back hex row. Where a given troop will appear depends on which Troop Slot they occupy on the hero’s Hero Screen.

Tactics Formation

If you have heroes with the Tactics secondary skill, you can click the Tactics Formation button on their Hero Screen. Then, if they do battle with forces lead by a Hero with no Tactics skill, or have the skill at a lesser level, or if they meet a force not lead by a hero, you have the opportunity to arrange your hero’s forces on the battlefield prior to the beginning of combat. During this special tactics phase, you may move the highlighted troop where you please, according to the following table. Click the Next Creature button to highlight a different creature. Click the Start Combat button to start the battle when you are done. Tactics Formation Table

Tactics Advantage

Placement Allowed

Three degrees higher

Within the first seven hex columns

Two degrees higher than enemy

Within the first five hex columns

One degree higher than enemy

Within the first three hex columns

Equal or lesser skill level

Troops are placed according to selected loose or tight formation

Troop Actions

Once combat begins, each troop can perform one action per combat round. Each troop takes its turn according to its speed rating. When a troop’s turn arrives, it becomes highlighted. Troops can perform the following actions:

Moving

The highlighted troop can move to a new hex. How far the troop can travel depends on its speed rating. Flying creatures move in a straight line to their destination and can surmount obstacles, including walls. Ground walking creatures must move around objects they encounter. To move a troop, click on a battlefield location within its movement range.

Make a Hand-to-Hand Attack

All creatures can approach enemy troops and attack them to inflict damage. Damage reduces creature health points, killing them if their health points are reduced to zero. To perform a hand-to-hand attack, click on the enemy troop within the highlighted creature’s movement range. Your creature will approach the enemy and strike it. Creatures possessing ranged attack capabilities will only perform hand-to-hand attacks on adjacent enemies.

Perform a Ranged Attack

Many creatures can perform ranged attacks by firing a projectile at an enemy target. To do this, click on the enemy you wish to shoot. Creatures with ranged attacks have a limited number of shots and can fire only when there are no adjacent enemies.

Casting a Spell

Some creatures can cast spells on friendly units (see Magic System, pg. 55). To cast a spell, click on the appropriate target troop.

Wait

If you want a troop to delay its action, click the Wait button. Play will pass on to the next creature and return to the waiting creature at the end of the first phase, after all other creatures have had a chance to move.

Defend

If you want to skip a creature’s action phase entirely, click the Defend button. The creature will be in defense mode for the remainder of the round and will gain a bonus of 20% to their defense rating.

Make a Special Attack

Many creatures have special attacks. Usually these take place when the creature makes a particular attack, either hand-to-hand or ranged. Depending on the circumstances, the player may or may not have control over special attacks. For specifics, consult your creatures’ information in Town and Creature Reference (pg. 81).

Counterattacks

When one troop strikes another in a hand-to-hand attack, the defending troop can deliver a counterattack. Counterattacks are made automatically against the first troop attacking a troop in a given round. While some creatures have special abilities allowing them to make multiple counterattacks, most creatures can make only one counterattack per round. The defending troop must survive the attack to deliver a counterattack.

Damage Calculation

When one troop strikes another, the damage inflicted is determined by this formula:

1.      Each creature has a damage range. A random number is chosen within this range for the attacking creature type.

2.      This number is multiplied by the number of creatures in the attacking troop.

3.      A damage bonus is added/subtracted depending on the difference between the attacker’s Attack skill and the defender’s Defense skill. If the attacker’s Attack skill is higher, then damage is increased by 5% per point of difference (up to a maximum of 400%). If the Attack skill is lower, then damage is reduced by 2% per point of difference (to a minimum of 30%). The resulting number is the amount of inflicted damage.

4.      Inflicted damage is subtracted from the health points of the creatures in the defending troop, one at a time. If a creature’s health points are reduced to zero, the creature dies. Damage is carried over round-to-round in combat, and healed completely at the end of combat.

Morale

Each army has a morale rating which acts as a bonus to the individual morale of its troops. Troops in an army with positive morale have a chance for a second action during their action phase. Troops with negative morale have a chance of freezing each round. The morale rating for an army is normally zero but is affected thusly:

-1 if undead creatures are mixed with living creatures

+1 if all creatures are of the same town type (except Necropolis)

-1 for each town type mixed beyond two town types

Undead creatures and elementals have a morale of zero, independent of their army’s morale rating. Various creatures, spells, hero skills, town buildings, adventure sites, and artifacts can permanently, or temporarily affect morale.

Morale Effects

Troop Morale

Effect on Troop

3

12.5% chance of acting again

2

8.3% chance of acting again

1

4.2% chance of acting again

0

Nothing

-1

4.2% chance of freezing

-2

8.3% chance of freezing

-3

12.5% chance of freezing

Luck

Each army has a luck rating. Troops in armies with good luck (a positive luck rating) have a chance to inflict double damage when they strike. Various spells, hero skills, town buildings, adventure sites, and artifacts can permanently or temporarily affect the luck of armies or individual creatures.

Luck Effects

Troop Luck

Chance for Double Damage

3

12.5%

2

8.3%

1

4.2%

Town Native Terrain

Town Type

Native Terrain

Castle

Grass

Rampart

Grass

Tower

Snow

Inferno

Lava

Necropolis

Dirt

Dungeon

Subterranean

Stronghold

Rough

Fortress

Swamp

Effects of Native Terrain

Any army composed entirely of creatures native to the same terrain suffers NO movement penalty when traversing its native terrain (example – a Wizard leading all Tower troops has no movement penalty on Snow).  The army would spend movement points as though it was traveling on open grass terrain. Heroes in Combat

Heroes do not engage directly in fighting. However, sides led by a hero can enjoy many benefits. A hero’s Attack and Defense skills are applied as bonuses to their troops’ attack and defense ratings. Other skills possessed by heroes, such as the Archery and Leadership secondary skills, can add further benefits. They can also be equipped with war machines and artifacts to aid their army’s strength.

Heroes meeting the proper requirements (see Magic System, pg. 55) can cast combat spells once per round. To have your hero cast a spell, click the Cast Spell button. This will display your hero’s spell book with only combat spells displayed. To cast a spell, choose it from the book and then select a target, if appropriate. Ending Combat

Combat continues—round after round—until one or both sides lose all of their troops, one side retreats, or one side surrenders.

Loss of Troops

If a side has troops remaining after all opponent troops are lost, then that side wins. If a hero leads the winning side, then the hero gains additional experience points. More experience points are gained for defeating tougher opponents. The winning hero also gains any artifacts carried by the opponent hero. Losing heroes don’t die, but they do disappear from the Adventure Map. Later, they may be available for recruitment in taverns (see Towns, pg. 49). Surrender

If both sides are lead by heroes, one hero may surrender to the other. The surrendering hero must pay a fee to the other hero in exchange for safe passage. To surrender, click the Surrender button. You will be offered surrender terms, which you may either accept or decline. If you decline the terms, combat continues. If you accept, your hero gets to keep their artifacts and troops but disappears from the Adventure Map. Immediately after, the hero reappears in one of your town taverns for possible re-enlistment.

Retreat

A side lead by a hero may choose to retreat. The retreating hero loses all troops but keeps all carried artifacts. To retreat, click the Retreat button. Your hero will disappear from the Adventure Map, and reappears in your town taverns.

Siege Combat

When a hero attacks a fortified town, siege combat ensues. The attacking forces are placed outside the town walls, and the defending forces stationed in the town’s garrison (see Towns, pg. 49) are placed within. Town walls block the movement of ground walking creatures and hamper the attacks of ranged attackers. Ground walkers can pass through breaches in the walls caused by Catapult damage or the drawbridge—which can be opened by the town defenders. The drawbridge cannot be opened by attackers; however, a Catapult can knock it down.

Town walls are created when a fort is built in a town.  A moat and an arrow tower appear when a fort is upgraded to a citadel.  When the citadel is upgraded to a castle, two more arrow towers are added and the town walls are fortified. Arrow towers fire once a turn, targeting an attacking troop.  The rear arrow tower fires with twice the strength of the forward two arrow towers.

Each town type has a unique moat.  Each are described in the Town and Creature Reference section (pg. 81).  When a unit enters a moat, its movement ends for that round, though it will be able to move out of the moat on its next move.  As long as a unit remains in the moat, its defense is reduced.

Each hero is equipped with a Catapult, which is a war machine used only during siege combat. A Catapult can only target walls and arrow towers. If the attacking hero has the Ballistics secondary skill, he or she can manually target Catapult shots, otherwise the Catapult operates automatically, firing on a random target, once per turn.

If the attacking hero wins the battle—in addition to all other victory benefits—the town becomes part of the controlling player’s territory.

Ship-to-Ship Combat                         Gunwale            Gap

Ship-to-ship combat occurs when one ship attacks another at sea. The battlefield represents the two ships, side-by-side. Gangplanks cross the gap between them and can be used by troops to cross to the opposing ship. The ship gunwales block the movement of ground walking troops.

Gangplank

Combat Screen Cursors

Click to move the highlighted walking troop to this location.

Click to move the highlighted flying troop to this location.

Click on this enemy troop to have the highlighted troop perform a hand-to-hand attack. Note: as you move the cursor around the enemy, the sword points towards the enemy. The sword’s pommel sits in the hex where the attacker will stand as it attacks.

Click on this enemy troop to have the highlighted troop perform a ranged attack.

Click on this enemy troop to have the highlighted troop perform a hampered ranged attack. Attacks are hampered by intervening walls and do half damage.

Click to cast a selected spell at this target.

When you cast the Sacrifice spell, this cursor appears over a valid target troop.

If you have control of the Catapult during siege combat, this cursor appears over valid Catapult targets.

If you have control of the First Aid Tent, choose its target with this icon.

Appears when the cursor passes over a hero.

Appears over a creature troop to get more information about the troop.

Indicates an invalid target for a spell, or the highlighted creature cannot move to the desired location.

Combat Options

Click the Combat Options button to display the Combat Options menu. Here you can change sound and combat options. The sound options are the same as those described in the Adventure Map Interface section. Combat options are detailed below. To close the menu, click the Return to Game button.

Auto Combat Options

The Auto Combat button appears on the Combat Screen. Pressing it turns auto combat on and off. What exactly happens when you do this depends on your Auto Combat Options setting. Checkmark the options to turn them on.

Creatures: The computer makes decisions for your creature troops.

Spells: The computer automatically casts spells for your heroes.

Catapult: The computer operates your Catapult during siege combat.

Ballista: The computer operates your Ballista.

First Aid Tent: The computer operates your First Aid Tent.

Animation Speed

These buttons control how fast the combat animations play.

Creature Info Radio Buttons

All Statistics: When you roll the cursor over creatures, all information about them is displayed.

Spells Only: When the cursor is rolled over creatures, only spells affecting them are displayed.

View Hex Grid

Distance on the Combat Screen is measured in hexes. This checkbox turns on and off the display of the hexagon grid overlay.

Movement Shadow

This checkbox turns on and off the show movement range option. The place where the highlighted creature can move is outlined when this option is on.

Cursor Shadow

This checkbox turns the mouse cursor shadow on and off. When the option is on, it highlights the hex the mouse is currently in.

Spell Book Animation

Turns the spell book page turning animation on or off.

Towns

The Town Screen is displayed when one of your heroes enters one of your towns. You may also doubleclick on a town’s Town Selector button on the Adventure Map to display its Town Screen. Towns serve your cause in several ways. Towns act as recruitment centers for heroes and the troops making up your heroes’ armies. After one day, your heroes replenish their spell points and learn new spells from towns with mage guilds. At towns with marketplaces, you can trade surplus resources for resources in short supply. Town halls provide you with daily gold income. Buildings unique to each of the Heroes III game’s eight town types can provide your forces with additional strengths and abilities. Over time, you may spend resources to build new structures in your towns and upgrade existing ones to increase the benefits the towns provide you.

Because they are so useful to players, the conquest and defense of towns plays a major role in any successful game strategy. Towns can be defended through the building of fortifications—walls, arrow towers, and a moat—and by filling their garrisons with defending troops, which may be lead by garrison stationed heroes. Additionally, a hero visiting a town will lend their army to the town’s defense, forcing an attacker to fight the visiting hero’s army before facing the town’s garrison forces.

Information about the Town Screen, and descriptions of the interface components associated with buildings common to all towns, are in this section. For details about buildings specific to each town type, see Town and Creature Reference (page 81).

Town View

All of the buildings currently built in a town are displayed in the Town View. As you move the cursor around the Town View, individual buildings are highlighted (if Town Building Outlines is turned on in the Adventure Map System Options). Buildings are identified by text appearing in the Rollover Bar. Right-clicking on a highlighted building displays text describing the building’s benefits. Clicking on a highlighted building displays a menu appropriate to each building as described below. You may switch the view to a different town by clicking on the town’s portrait in the Town Selector.

Hall

Each town has a hall. Starting with a village hall, you may upgrade this building to a town hall, then a city hall, then finally, a capitol. Each version provides you with a daily gold income and the ability to order the construction of other town buildings. When you click on a hall, the Hall Screen appears. On it you can order the construction of new town structures or upgrade existing structures.

If you can build or upgrade a given structure, its name appears in a green box. If the structure is not yet built, and you are unable to construct it for some reason, then a red X appears in the lower right corner of its picture, and its name box is red. Structures you have already built, and cannot be upgraded further, have a gold in their pictures and a gold name box.

You may right-click a building’s picture to display the information found in that structure’s Build Confirmation Window. Text describes what benefits your town gains when the structure is built, along with a list of structures you must build in the town before you will be allowed to construct it. The resource cost of the structure is displayed below this text.

To construct a building, click on its picture. Its Build Confirmation Window will be displayed. You may

click the Don’t Build button to cancel, or the Build button to order the building’s construction. When you build a structure, the Hall Screen closes and you are returned to the Town Screen, where you see your new structure being built. Your town immediately benefits from it. Only one structure per day may be built in each of your towns.

Click on a town’s tavern to display the Tavern Window. In the tavern you can hear rumors, recruit heroes, and view intelligence on your enemies gathered by your Thieves’ Guild. Close the Tavern Window by clicking the Exit Tavern button.

Hear Rumors: A new rumor is displayed in your taverns once per week. This rumor is identical in all of your town taverns.

Hiring Heroes: Two heroes can be found in each tavern, ready for you to hire. The heroes found in a given tavern change each week. To view either of the hero’s Hero Screens, right-click on their portrait. When you click on a hero’s portrait, it becomes highlighted. To hire the highlighted hero, click on the Hire Hero button. You cannot hire a hero if you currently have another hero visiting the town.

View Intelligence: Click on the Thieves’ Guild button to display a report which compares your performance against those of your opponents.

Creature Dwelling

                                                           Recruit Max   Pay Cost                 Exit

Creatures who live in towns live in creature dwellings. Each week, the population of these dwellings grows, increasing the number of creatures available at the dwelling which you may recruit into the town’s garrison. Click on a creature dwelling to display the dwelling’s Creature Recruitment Box. The name of the dwelling’s creatures, a portrait of the troop type available, and the number of troops available are shown. As you move the slider to the right, the number of recruits increases, and the cost to recruit them is tallied. You may click the Maximum button to recruit all of the available troops or the maximum number of troops you can currently afford. Click the Recruit button to add the recruits to your town garrison.

Fort

A fort may be built in a town, which adds to the town’s siege defenses. The fort may be upgraded to a citadel, and then to a castle. Click on this structure to display a summary of the town’s troop recruitment availability for all creatures.

Mage Guild

Heroes learn new spells from towns with mage guilds. You may build a first level mage guild in each of your towns. Mage guilds may be upgraded, level-by-level, up to fifth level in some towns. As you build each level, a random selection of spells becomes available at the guild. Clicking on a mage guild displays the spells available. If the visiting hero doesn’t own a spell book, you may purchase one for him or her by clicking on the mage guild. For more information, see Magic System (pg. 55).

Marketplace

You can trade surplus resources for needed ones at marketplaces. Clicking on a town’s marketplace brings up the Marketplace Window. One side displays your kingdom’s resources. On the other side, are the resources available at the market. Highlight the resource you want to trade, and the resource you want to trade for. When two resources are highlighted, you may move the slider to the right to increase the quantity of the resource to be traded. You may trade the maximum amount of your selected resource by clicking the Maximum button. To complete the transaction, click the Trade button. Each marketplace you control reduces the costs of trading.

When a scenario map is created, the map maker can create alliances between players. Using the Marketplace, you can give resources to your enemies or allies. To do this, click on the Trade With Player button. When you do this, a display of colored flags replaces the Market Resources portion of the Marketplace Trade Window. Choose which resource you want to give, and set the amount using the slider. Click the flag of the player you want to give the resources to, and then click the Trade button to confirm the gift.

In Tower and Dungeon town types, the marketplace can be upgraded by building an artifact merchant. When you build this upgrade, you can trade artifacts for resources, and resources for artifacts. To do this, click the Trade Artifacts button. A selection of artifacts will be displayed—this selection will be the same for all of your artifact merchants. Click the artifact you want to purchase. The cost for the artifact will appear under all of the Kingdom Resources icons. Choose which resource you wish to trade, and then click the Trade button to complete the purchase. Click the Sell Artifact button to sell artifacts carried by the visiting hero. The hero’s inventory will appear. Click the artifact you want to trade, select the resource you want to trade for, and then click the Trade button.

In Stronghold towns, you can build a Freelancer’s Guild as a marketplace upgrade. When it is built, you can trade the visiting hero’s armies for resources. To do so, click the Sell Creature button. The Kingdom Resources icons will be replaced by a display of the visiting hero’s troops. Click the troop containing creatures you want to sell, then click the resource you want to trade for. Set the number of creatures you want to sell using the slider, and then click the Trade button to make the sale.

Town Garrison

Each town can have an army stationed in its town garrison. This army can be composed of up to seven troops, which may be moved, split, combined, or dismissed. When you recruit troops from a creature dwelling, they appear as a troop in an empty garrison troop slot.

When a hero visits a town, their troops may be traded with those found in the town’s garrison. You can make the visiting hero the leader of a town’s garrison by moving the hero into the garrison. To do this, click on the hero’s portrait to highlight it, and then click on the banner to the left of the first garrison troop slot. The hero’s army will be combined with the garrison army, and the hero will now lead the army in defense of the city. You may swap the visiting and garrisoned heroes, and their armies, by highlighting either hero and clicking the other.

Garrison troops and troops belonging to a visiting hero can be upgraded. If a town contains an upgraded creature dwelling, the lesser creature troop of the same creature type provided by the dwelling, may be upgraded for a price. To do this, double-click on the troop you wish to upgrade. This will bring up that creature's information display. Click on the Upgrade button to show the upgrade cost for the troop. This cost will equal the difference between the recruitment costs of the lesser and higher creatures, multiplied by the number of creatures in the troop. Click to pay the cost, or the Cancel button to cancel.

Magic System

Heroes are able to use the forces of magic in the form of spells. Heroes can use spells to aid their travels, reveal hidden knowledge about their surroundings, and in combat, help their troops or bring harm to their adversaries. When all other things are equal, magic can provide the necessary edge to assure victory in a campaign.

Before they can cast spells, heroes must possess a spell book. The spell book is where a hero records the spells he or she has learned. Some heroes will already have a spell book when they are recruited. Others may purchase theirs from the mage guilds located in towns. A hero’s spell book is kept in their item inventory but may not be traded like other items.

Each spell has a level which represents how difficult it is to cast. Higher level spells are only obtainable by heroes with higher Wisdom skill ratings (see Secondary Skills, pg. 35). When heroes visit a town with a mage guild, they automatically learn any new spells the guild has to offer and their Wisdom rating allows them to cast. Heroes may also learn spells as they explore map locations.

Each spell belongs to one of the four schools of magic—air, earth, fire, or water. Heroes may learn the Air Magic, Earth Magic, Fire Magic, and Water Magic secondary skills to increase the strength at which they cast the spells of each school.

Spells cost spell points to cast. A hero’s maximum spell points is equal to 10x their Knowledge skill. As a hero casts spells, their spell points are diminished. A hero cannot cast a spell costing more spell points than he or she has available. Each hero regains one spell point per day, or can be completely replenished when he or she starts a new day in a town with a mage guild. Heroes with the Mysticism skill regain spell points more rapidly (see Secondary Skills, pg. 35).

Spell Book

A hero’s spell book may be viewed by clicking on the spell book’s icon in the inventory portion of their Hero Screen. In a hero’s spell book, spells known to the hero are listed by school and divided into combat spells and adventure spells. Adventure spells may be cast while a hero is travelling around the Adventure Map. Combat spells may be cast when a hero is in combat. To  display adventure and combat spells, click the combat spell and adventure spell bookmarks sticking out of the bottom of the book. To display spells of a particular school, click the school’s bookmark on the right side of the book. If the hero knows more spells in a given category than can be displayed on one page, pages may be turned by clicking on the page curls.

Next to each spell’s name is a number representing the number of spell points it costs to cast the spell. You may view information about a spell by right-clicking on its icon.

Casting Spells

To cast an adventure spell, click the Cast Spell button found in the control buttons on the right side of the Adventure Map display. The current hero’s spell book will be displayed as described above, but the combat spells bookmark will be deactivated. To cast a spell, find it, then click on the spell’s icon.

You may have your hero cast a combat spell by clicking the Cast Spell button located at the lower right corner of the Combat Screen. The hero’s spell book appears. During combat, only combat spells are displayed. Find the spell you want to cast, then click on its icon. When you do so, the spell book will vanish, returning you to the Combat Screen. If the spell needs a target, you choose the target by clicking on it.

You may cancel the casting of combat and adventure spells by closing the spell book without selecting a spell icon. If a spell is already selected, right-click to avoid casting the spell.

Kingdom Overview

When you click on the Kingdom Overview button found on the right side of the Adventure Map display, the Kingdom Overview screen appears. On it you can see information about all your towns, heroes, resources, and controlled locations. While resource and controlled location information is always shown, you press the Hero Information and Town Information buttons located at the bottom right corner of the screen to toggle between hero and town information displays.

Resource Information

The Resource Bar located at the bottom of the screen shows you how much gold, wood, mercury, ore, sulfur, crystal, and gem units you currently have along with the current date. This is the same display appearing at the bottom of the Town Screen and Adventure Map displays.

Above the Resource Bar is a row showing how many of each mine type you currently have under territorial control.

Controlled Locations

As your heroes visit locations on the map, many of those locations become part of your territory and fly your flag color. Icons representing these locations appear along the right side of the Kingdom Overview.

You may use the scroll arrows to cycle through the controlled location icons.

Individual Hero Information: When you click the Hero Information button, the main part of the display shows information about each of your heroes. Equipped

Hero/Stats: This portion of the Hero Information section displays the hero’s name, portrait, morale, luck, troop slots, and primary skills. You can click on the hero’s portrait to bring up that hero’s full Hero Screen.

Hero Skills: This section displays the hero’s secondary skills, experience points, spell points and other information.

Hero Artifacts: This section displays the hero’s inventory.  Clicking the Equipped, Miscellaneous, or In Backpack buttons will allow you to view the items the hero is currently using or carrying.

Individual Town Information: Click the Town Information button to display information about each of your towns in the main section of the screen. If you have more than four towns, you may use the scroll bar on the left side of the screen to bring your other towns into view.

Town: This section displays the town’s name, portrait, village hall level, castle level, and daily gold income. Click on the town portrait to display that town’s Town Screen. The Creature Generation section displays any creature population you are receiving from Adventure Map creature dwellings under your territorial control. Garrison Hero: This section shows information about the town’s garrison forces. If a garrison hero leads those forces, their name and portrait appear. Click on the hero’s portrait to switch to the hero’s Hero Screen. Visiting Hero Section: If a hero is visiting the town, then their portrait, name, and army are shown here.

You can click on the hero’s portrait to bring up the hero’s Hero Screen.

Multiplayer

In many of the scenarios supplied with Heroes of Might and Magic III, between two and eight of the opposing forces may be played by a human players. These scenarios may be played as multiplayer games, either on a single computer (a hotseat game), with each player taking turns at the computer’s controls, or as a network game, with each player sitting at a separate computer connected via network, Internet, modem, or serial cable. This section describes how these games are started and played.

Multiplayer Game Type Selector

Starting a Multiplayer Game

From the Main Menu, click the New Game button to bring up the New Game Menu. There, click the Multiplayer button to display the Multiplayer Game Type Selector pictured above. From there you may choose the type of multiplayer game you want to begin—Hotseat, IPX, TCP/IP, Modem, or Direct Connection. Click on the Online Services button to connect to available Internet opponent matching services. You can click in the player name field to activate its text cursor and type in your name.

This will be the name other players see you as. Click the Cancel button to return to the Main Menu.

Hotseat Games

Starting a Hotseat Game

Hotseat Opponent Setup Menu

Start a hotseat game by clicking the Hotseat button on the Multiplayer Game Type Selector. The Hotseat Multiplayer Opponent Setup menu appears. To add a player to the game, type a player’s name into one of the eight Name Boxes. Erasing a name from a box will remove a player. Once you have entered a name for all the players who are going to participate in the hotseat game, you can click the button to go to the Scenario Selector (see Scenario Selector, pg. 9).

Playing a Hotseat Game

Hotseat games proceed like single player games except as each player’s turn comes up, he or she takes over control of the computer—sitting in the “hotseat,” so to speak. Players can normally see opponent movements in areas of the Adventure Map they have uncovered, however this is not possible in a hotseat game. To see such opponent movements you may press the Replay Opponents’ Turns button on the Adventure Options menu.

Network, Modem, and Direct Connection Games

Starting an IPX or TCP/IP Network Game

Network Game Setup

Network games may be played between computers communicating over a Local Area Network (LAN) or over the Internet. LAN connected computers must be able to use the IPX or TCP/IP protocols, while Internet connected computers must communicate via TCP/IP. Before you can play a network game, the appropriate protocol must be properly configured in your Windows Network Control Panel. Additionally, all involved computers must have a copy of the Heroes III games installed. To begin setting up a game, click on the IPX or TCP/IP button to display the

Network Game Setup Menu.                         Session Name                 Session Owner

Hosting a Game

Each multiplayer game requires a host computer. The hosting player controls scenario selection and chooses which forces each player will lead. To host a game, press the Host button in the Network Game Setup Menu. A box will appear which will allow you to name the network game and choose a password for the game. If you choose a password, only players that know it will be able to join your game. If you leave the password field empty, anyone can join. Click the button to accept your settings. Your game will appear on the Game Lists of other players. Password protected games appear with a lock icon. Unprotected games appear with an open door icon. Games in progress appear with a closed door icon.

Your screen will advance to the Scenario Selector (see Scenario Selector, pg. 9). There you must choose a scenario and assign players to their forces. All players not assigned to a force are dropped from the game when you start.

Joining a Game

To join a game hosted by another player, fill your name in the Name Box, and then click on a name in the Game List and press the Join button. If the game is password protected, a box will appear asking you for the password. When you join a game, your display will switch to the Scenario Selector. You will not be able to select scenarios or make player assignments. Rather, you will see these actions as performed by the game’s host. Pressing the Cancel button will drop you from the game and return you to the Main Menu.

Finding a TCP/IP Host

To connect to a game over the Internet, you must know the IP address of the computer hosting the game. To search for that computer, press the Search button. A box will appear where you may enter the computer’s eleven number TCP/IP address (example 123.21.123.123). The host player will need to supply this address.

Starting a Modem Game

Modem games are played between two players sitting at computers communicating via modems with one computer acting as the host. To start a modem game, click the Modem button on the Multiplayer Game Type Selector. If you are going to host the game, click on the Host button. Choose which modem you want to use (if you have more than one installed), then click the Answer button. Your computer will now wait for a call from the other computer.

To join a game, press the Join button. After the host computer is setup and ready to answer, enter the host computer’s phone number in the indicated box, then press the Connect button. After the two computers negotiate the connection, the host player can assign players in the Scenario Selector.

Starting a Direct Connection Game

Two players may play a game between computers connected via a null-modem cable run between serial ports on each computer. To start such a game, one of the computers must be set up as the host. To do this, click on the Direct Connection button on the Multiplayer Game Type Selector. A box will appear with a place to type in your game name, and buttons marked Host and Join. Fill in your player name and click the Host button. The other player should click Direct Connection, and then the Join button.

Playing a Network, Modem, or Direct Connection Game

Each player, computer or human, gets one turn per Erathian day. As in a single player game, only one player directs their forces at a time. While waiting for your turn, you may explore the Adventure Map and view any informational display available during your turn. You may not move heroes, build towns, adjust heroes’ inventories, or make any other changes to the game environment. It is your turn when the screen border turns to your kingdom’s flag color. You are also prompted with a window and a sound.

Chatting

During multiplayer games, you may send text messages to the other players.  To do this, press the Tab key when any screen containing a Rollover Bar is displayed.  A text cursor will appear in the Rollover Bar, type your message, then press the Return key to send the message.  Your message, with your name attached to it, will be displayed to all other players. If you want to send a secret message to a specific player, press an F1-F8 key instead of the Return key.  F1-F8 represents players 1-8.

In the course of playing a multiplayer game, you may check to see if another player is still connected by typing the chat message “ping” and pressing the Return key.  This command will tell you who is still connected to the game and at what speed.  In place of the Return key, you may press the F1-F8 keys to ping a specific player.  Every ten minutes, the game automatically pings all existing players.


World Reference

Section III World Reference

Spell Reference

Here you will find descriptive listings for all spells in the Heroes III game. Each spell is from one of four schools of magic—Air, Earth, Fire, or Water. Your heroes’ expertise in a spell increases as he gains the secondary skill for the appropriate school of magic (see Secondary Skills, pg. 45). Heroes without such expertise may cast a school’s spells at Normal level (resulting in the same effect as the Basic level spell). Increased expertise allows for spells to be cast at the Basic, Advanced and Expert Levels.

Heroes holding expertise in a school’s secondary skill cast spells from a school at a reduced cost. This cost reduction is the same regardless of whether a hero holds the skill at basic, advanced, or expert level.

Effects of School Expertise on Casting Cost

      Spell Level I        Spell Level II       Spell Level III        Spell Level IV      Spell Level V

             -1                        -2                        -3                         -4                       -5

Some spells are more difficult to cast than others. A spell’s difficulty is reflected by its level. All heroes are capable of learning and casting first and second level spells. Heroes with the secondary skill Wisdom can cast higher level spells. A hero with Basic Wisdom can cast third level spells, one with Advanced Wisdom can cast fourth level spells, and one with Expert Wisdom can cast fifth level spells—the highest level spells in the game.

Spells are listed here by school and level.

Spell Listing Legend

Name                             What the spell is called.

Type                               Indicates whether the spell may be cast in combat or on the Adventure Map.

Cost                                How many spell points a hero must have to cast the spell.

Duration                       How long the spell lasts.

Basic Effect                  Effect of the spell cast at Normal or Basic Expertise.

Advanced Effect        Effect of the spell cast at Advanced Expertise.

Expert Effect               Effect of the spell cast at Expert Expertise.

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School of Air Magic

Level I

Level II

               Disguise         Type                               Adventure

                                                  Cost                                4

                                                  Duration                      1 Day

Basic Effect                  When the casting hero is right-clicked by opponents, all of the hero’s creature troops are displayed as if they were composed of the most powerful creatures in the hero’s army. Troop population numbers are represented normally.

Advanced Effect         Same as Basic Effect except troop population quantities are represented as “0.”

Expert Effect               Same as Advanced Effect except all troops are represented as if populated by the most powerful creature in hero’s longest owned town.



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                                                  Type                               Adventure

               Visions           Cost                                4

                                                  Duration                      1 Day

Basic Effect                  Displays number of monsters in a wandering monster troop and whether or not the troop will offer to join the casting hero’s army. Range is equal to Power or three, whichever is greater.

Advanced Effect         Same as Basic Effect, except an enemy hero’s primary skill stats, and the composition and quantity of the hero’s army can be viewed. Range is (Power x 2) or three, whichever is greater.

Expert Effect               Same as Advanced Effect, except an enemy town’s statistics and garrison composition and quantity may be viewed. Range is (Power x 3) or three, whichever is greater.

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World Reference

Section III

School of Earth Magic

Level I

World Reference

Level II

             Quicksand     TypeCost                         Combat8

                                                  Duration                       Until Touched

Basic Effect                  Quicksand pits are placed in four random hexes. They are invisible to creatures unless they are on native terrain (see Combat, pg. 47). Troops stepping on pit hexes have their movement halted for the current round. Once a pit is stepped on, it is revealed to all.

                                                  Advanced Effect        Same as Basic Effect, except that six pits are placed.

                                                  Expert Effect               Same as Basic Effect, except that eight pits are placed.

               Visions         TypeCost                         Adventure4

                                                  Duration                      1 Day

Basic Effect                  Displays number of monsters in a wandering monster troop and whether or not the troop will offer to join the casting hero’s army. Range is equal to Power or three, whichever is greater.

Advanced Effect         Same as Basic Effect, except an enemy hero’s primary skill stats, and the composition and quantity of that hero’s army can be viewed. Range is (Power x 2) or three, whichever is greater.

Expert Effect               Same as Advanced Effect, except an enemy town’s statistics and garrison composition and quantity may be viewed. Range is (Power x 3) or three, whichever is greater.




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Level IV

Level V

School of Fire Magic

Level I


Level II

Level III

Level IV

Level V

     Sacrifice       TypeCost                        Combat25

                                         Duration                      Permanent

Basic Effect Target, non-undead troop is sacrificed (destroyed). Then another target dead troop has ((Power + Destroyed Troop’s Creature Base Health + 3) x # of Creatures Sacrificed) in health total of creatures returned to life. Advanced Effect               Same as Basic Effect, except that health total of creatures resurrected is ((Power + Destroyed Troop’s Creature Base Health + 6) x # of Creatures Sacrificed).

Expert Effect                Same as Basic Effect, except that health total of creatures resurrected is ((Power + Destroyed Troop’s Creature Base Health + 10) x # of Creatures Sacrificed).


School of Water Magic

Level I

Type               Combat Protection from Water       Cost           5

1 Round/Power

Damage from Water Magic spells is reduced by 30% for target, allied troop. Advanced Effect Damage from Water Magic spells is reduced by 50% for target, allied troop. Expert Effect       Damage from Water Magic spells is reduced by 50% for all allied troops.

   Summon Boat TypeCost                      Adventure8

                                         Duration                       Instant


Basic Effect                  Summons one of your hero’s boats to their current location. If none of those boats are available, then one of your other heroes’ boats is summoned. Spell has a 50% chance of working. The spell fails if there are no unoccupied boats available.

Advanced Effect         Same as Basic Effect, except that if no boats are available, a new one is created. The spell has a 75% chance of working. There are a maximum of sixty-four boats allowed on the Adventure Map at one time. The spell fails if all are occupied.

Expert Effect        Same as Advanced Effect, except that the spell has a 100% chance of working (unless all sixty-four boats are occupied).

Level II




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Level V

World Reference

Town and Creature Reference

Here you will find descriptions for all of the buildings found in the Heroes III game’s eight town types. The first section deals with buildings common to all town types. This is followed by individual sections to cover buildings unique to each town. Creature statistics are listed with statistics for the buildings producing them. The individual town sections are followed by information about creatures not associated with any particular town type and then stats for war machines and siege battlefield features.

Resources

Creature Table Field Legend

Name

Creature’s name.

Cost

How much it costs to recruit one creature of this type.

Building

The type of building the creature may be recruited at.

Attack

Creature’s attack strength.

Defense

Creature’s defensive ability.

Health

How many points of damage the creature can take before dying.

Damage

How much damage the creature’s attack does.

Shots

How many ranged shots the creature can perform in one battle. “None” indicates the creature has no ranged attack.

Movement

How the creature moves.

Speed

How fast the creature moves.

Building Statistics Legend

Structure

Name of Building type.

Cost

What it costs to build the structure.

Requirements

Building(s) that must be built before this one.

Creatures/Week

Type and number of creatures produced by this building per week.

Wood

Section III

Buildings Common to All Towns

Halls

A town’s hall is its center of leadership. Your halls provide you with income in the form of gold. You may order the construction of new structures and structure upgrades at the hall. For more information on constructing other buildings, see Towns (pg. 49).

Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Village Hall

N/A

N/A

The village hall, being the minimum defining building of a town, is automatically a part of all towns. It provides an income of 500 Gold per day.

Town Hall

2500 Gold

Village Hall, Tavern

This upgrade to the village hall provides 1000 Gold per day.

City Hall

5000 Gold

Town Hall, Blacksmith, Mage Guild Level I, Marketplace

This upgrade to the town hall provides 2000 Gold per day.

Capitol

10,000 Gold

City Hall, Castle

This upgrade to the city hall provides 4000 Gold per day. You may only build a capitol if you don’t already have one.

Castles

A castle provides a town with increased security. Because castles add walls and other defensive features to the town, enemy forces must lay siege to the town when they attack it (see Combat, pg. 40). Presence of a castle also increases town creature production. Clicking on a castle will provide information about the towns current population.

Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Fort

5000 Gold

+ 20 Wood

+ 20 Ore

Village Hall

Building a fort adds walls to a town.

Citadel

2500 Gold + 5 Ore

Fort

This upgrade to the fort adds a moat and the primary arrow tower to a town. Presence of a citadel increases the production of creature dwellings by

50%.

Castle

5000 Gold

+ 10 Wood

+ 10 Ore

Citadel

When a castle is built, it adds two arrow towers at half strength of the primary tower, and the standard walls are strengthened to fortified walls. Further, production of creature dwellings is increased by

100%.

World Reference

Mage Guilds

Mage guilds are centers for spell research and provide spells for heroes to learn. Heroes possessing spell books—which are available for purchase at mage guilds—automatically learn all spells known to mage guilds of allied towns they visit, as long as they have the appropriate level of Wisdom (see Secondary Skills, pg. 35). Each upgrade of a town’s mage guild increases the number of spells available. Additionally, heroes who spend one day in a town with a mage guild have their spell points replenished.

Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Mage Guild

Level I

2000 Gold

+ 5 Wood + 5 Ore

Village Hall

When the level I mage guild is built, five level I spells become available for heroes to learn. Heroes are able to purchase a spell book from the guild for 500 Gold.

Mage Guild

Level II

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

+ 5 Ore + 4 Crystal

+ 4 Gem + 4 Mercury + 4 Sulfur

Mage Guild Level I

When the level II mage build is built, an additional four level II spells become available for heroes to learn.

Mage Guild

Level III

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

+ 5 Ore + 6 Crystal

+ 6 Gem + 6 Mercury

+ 6 Sulfur

Mage Guild Level II

When the level III mage guild is built, an additional three level III spells become available for heroes to learn. This is the highest level mage guild you can construct in Stronghold and Fortress towns.

Mage Guild Level IV

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

+ 5 Ore + 8 Crystal

+ 8 Gem + 8 Mercury

+ 8 Sulfur

Mage Guild Level III

When the level IV mage guild is built, an additional two level IV spells become available for heroes to learn. This is the highest level of the mage guild you can construct in Castle towns.

Mage Guild Level V

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

+ 5 Ore + 10 Crystal

+ 10 Gem + 10

Mercury + 10 Sulfur

Mage Guild Level IV

When the level V mage guild is built, one level V spell becomes available for heroes to learn.

Marketplace

Resources may be traded for other resources at town marketplaces. While the marketplace traders will always seek to make a profit, the more marketplaces you have under your control, the better the exchange rate. In multiplayer games, the marketplace allows you to trade resources with other players. For more information, see Towns (pg. 49).

Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Marketplace

500 Gold

+ 5 Wood

Village Hall

Allows resources to be traded.

Tavern

At the town tavern you may hear rumors, check how you are doing compared to your opponents, and hire new heroes for field or garrison duty. For more information, see Towns (pg. 49).

Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Tavern

500 Gold

Village Hall

Provides the ability to recruit heroes,

 

+ 5 Wood

 

hear rumors, and visit the Thieves’ Guild.

Section III

Castle Towns

Castles are home to the Cleric and Knight hero classes. Castle armies are primarily composed of human men-at-arms, though these towns have also formed an alliance with the griffins and are under the protection of angels. With two types of ranged attack units and two flying unit types available, Castle-based armies are well equipped to quickly engage and defeat their enemies.

Castle Specific Buildings

Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Blacksmith

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

Village Hall

Produces the Ballista war machine (see War Machines, pg. 117).

Brotherhood of the Sword

500 Gold + 5 Wood

Tavern

This Tavern upgrade gives a +2 morale bonus to all garrisoned creatures during a siege.

Resource Silo

5000 Gold + 5 Ore

Marketplace

This upgrade to the marketplace provides 1 Wood and 1 Ore per day.

Shipyard

2000 Gold + 20 Wood

Village Hall

Allows ships to be built. Ships cost 1000 Gold + 10 Wood.

Lighthouse

2000 Gold + 10 Ore

Shipyard

Each lighthouse you build will increase the movement allowance of your ships.

Stables

2000 Gold + 10 Wood

Barracks

Visiting heroes departing from Castle towns with stables have their movement allowance increased.

Note:  Information on creature dwellings unique to each town type can be found in their corresponding sections, within the creature tables.




Angels & Archangels

With their great offensive and defensive power and flying ability, angels and archangels are among the mightiest creatures in the game. Both do 150% damage when attacking devils.

Additionally, the archangel is able to resurrect dead allied troops once per combat.

Structure Requirements

Name                   Angel                                          Archangel

Cost                       3000 Gold                                    5000 Gold

Attack                  20                                               30

Defense               20                                               30

Health                  200                                              250

Damage              50                                               50

Shots                    None                                           None

Movement         Flying                                          Flying

Speed                   Extra Quick (12 hexes/turn)          Very Fast (18 hexes/turn)

Structure            Portal of Glory                             Upgraded Portal of Glory

Cost                      20000 Gold+10 Crystal   20000 Gold+10 Crystal +10 Gem+10 Mercury        +10 Gem+10 Mercury

                        +10 Sulfur                                   +10 Sulfur

Requirements Monastery                                     Portal of Glory


Creatures/Week 1 Angel                                      1 Archangel


Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Academy of

Battle Scholars

1000 Gold + 5 Wood + 5 Ore

Village Hall

Visiting heroes gain 1000 experience points from the academy. This effect is applied only once per hero for each Academy of Battle Scholars visited

Artifact Merchants

10,000 Gold

Marketplace

You may visit the Artifact Merchants building to trade resources for artifacts.

Blacksmith

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

Village Hall

The Ballista war machine (see War Machines and Siege Features, pg. 126) may be purchased from the Dungeon blacksmith.

Mana Vortex

1000 Gold

Mage Guild Level I

Presence of a mana vortex doubles the spell points available for visiting heroes.

Portal of Summoning

2500 Gold + 5 Ore

Village Hall

On Day 1 of each week, a random creature type from a creature dwelling flagged on the Adventure Map, becomes available for recruitment at the Portal of Summoning.

Resource Silo

5000 Gold + 5 Ore

Marketplace

This marketplace upgrade provides 1 Sulfur per day.

                             Mage Guild    Mama Vortex           Chapel of Stilled Voices     Castle

Dungeon Towns

Dungeons towns are built by Warlock and Overlord hero types to act as bases from which to wage campaigns of conquest for wealth and power. Similarly minded creatures are attracted as allies. Other Dungeon creatures are in thrall to their masters. Dungeon armies are possessed of a variety of long range attacks, have effective damage dealing troops, and have the ability to greatly disrupt the strategies of their enemies.

Dungeon Specific Buildings


Medusas & Medusa Queens

Armed with bows, medusas and medusa queens can attack at range to good effect. Their hand-to-hand attacks do the same damage and also have a 20% chance of petrifying their targets for three rounds. Petrified creatures cannot move, take 50% damage, and become unfrozen when attacked.

Structure Requirements

Minotaurs & Minotaur Kings

Minotaurs and minotaur kings live in labyrinths and devour all who enter. These bull-like humanoids are sure of their ability to dominate in battle and have good morale. This self image is well-founded as they are durable and have a very damaging axe attack.

Structure Requirements

Manticores & Scorpicores

Manticores and their venomous cousins, the scorpicores, have features combined of bat, lion and scorpion. They attack with stabs from their stinging tails. Scorpicore attacks have a 20% chance of paralyzing an opponent. Creatures thus petrified take 50% damage and are unfrozen when attacked or after three rounds.

Structure Requirements

Name                   Medusa                                        Medusa Queen

Cost                       300 Gold                                      330 Gold

Attack                  9                                                 10

Defense               9                                                 10

Health                  25                                               30

Damage              6-8                                              6-8

Shots                    4                                                 8

Movement         Ground                                        Ground

Speed                  Slow (5 hexes/turn)                       Swift (6 hexes/turn)

Structure            Chapel of Stilled Voices           Upgraded Chapel of Stilled Voices

Cost                        2000 Gold +5 Wood +10 Ore        1500 Gold +5 Wood

Requirements Harpy Loft, Pillar of Eyes               Chapel of Stilled Voices

Creatures/Week 4 Medusas                                  4 Medusa Queens

Name                   Minotaur                                      Minotaur King

Cost                       500 Gold                                      575 Gold

Attack                  14                                               15

Defense               12                                               15

Health                  50                                               50

Damage              12-20                                           12-20

Shots                    None                                           None

Movement         Ground                                        Ground

Speed                   Swift (6 hexes/turn)                      Very Swift (8 hexes/turn)

Structure            Labyrinth                                     Upgraded Labyrinth

Cost                                     4000 Gold + 10 Ore + 10 Gem 3000 Gold +5 Ore +5 Gem

Requirements Chapel of Stilled Voices                  Labyrinth

Creatures/Week 3 Minotaurs                                3 Minotaur Kings

Name                   Manticore                                    Scorpicore

Cost                       850 Gold                                      1050 Gold

Attack                  15                                               16

Defense               13                                               14

Health                  80                                               80

Damage              14-20                                           14-20

Shots                    None                                           None

Movement         Flying                                          Flying

Speed                  Extra Swift (7 hexes/turn)              Quick (11 hexes/turn)

Structure             Manticore Lair                             Upgraded Manticore Lair

Cost                      5000 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore +5      3000 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore

                      Mercury +5 Sulfur                        +5 Mercury +5 Sulfur

Requirements Chapel of Stilled Voices                  Manticore Lair

Creatures/Week 2 Manticores                              2 Scorpicore

Red & Black Dragons

Red and black dragons with their great mobility, flying ability, and powerful breath weapons are among the most effective units in the game. Red dragons are immune to spells below level four. Black dragons are twice as durable, do 150% damage to giants and titans, and are immune to all spells.

Structure Requirements

Name                   Red Dragon                                 Black Dragon

Cost                        2500 Gold + 1 Sulfur                    4000 Gold + 2 Sulfur

Attack                  19                                               25

Defense               19                                               25

Health                   180                                             300

Damage               40-50                                          40-50

Shots                     None                                           None

Movement          Flying                                         Flying

Speed                    Quick (11 hexes/turn)                    Super Quick (15 hexes/turn)

Structure             Dragon Cave                               Upgraded Dragon Cave

Cost                      15000 Gold +15 Wood +15 Ore       15000 Gold +15 Wood +15

                       +20 Sulfur                                   Ore +20 Sulfur

Requirements Mage Guild Level II, Labyrinth,       Mage Guild Level III,

                       Manticore Lair                             Dragon Cave


Creatures/Week 1 Red Dragons                            1 Black Dragons


Fortress Towns

Fortress towns are built at the edge of swamps and are often used as bases by the Beastmaster and Witch hero classes. Their armies are primarily made up of deadly creatures—born of the swamps, and then subdued and trained for warfare. While among them there is only one ranged attack creature, Fortress units are possessed of many special abilities to offset this deficiency.

Fortress Specific Buildings

Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Blacksmith

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

Village Hall

You may purchase the First Aid Tent (see War Machines and Siege Features, pg. 126) from the Fortress blacksmith.

Blood Obelisk

1000 Gold

Glyphs of Fear

The Blood Obelisk gives heroes a +2 to their Attack skill during siege battles.

Glyphs of Fear

1000 Gold

Fort

The Glyph of Fear gives heroes a +2 to their Defense skill during sieges.

Cage of Warlords

1000 Gold

Town Hall, Glyphs of Fear

The Cage of Warlords gives visiting heroes a permanent +1 to their Defense skill.

Resource Silo

5000 Gold + 5 Ore

Marketplace

This upgrade to the marketplace provides 1 Wood and 1 Ore per day.

Shipyard

2000 Gold + 20 Wood

Village Hall

Ships may be purchased from the shipyard for 1000 Gold + 10 Wood.


Basilisks & Greater Basilisks

The basilisk and greater basilisk have developed the ability to petrify their prey for three rounds. Their attacks have a 20% chance of making this occur. Petrified creatures take 50% damage from attacks and are unfrozen when struck.

Structure Requirements

Gorgons & Mighty Gorgons

The sturdy gorgons attack with their acidic breath. The Mighty Gorgon has a Death Stare with a 10% chance per attack of killing the top creature of a troop outright per 10 Mighty Gorgons.

Structure Requirements

Wyverns & Wyvern Monarchs

Wyverns and wyvern monarchs attack with swipes of their stinging tails. The wyvern monarch’s stinger has a chance of poisoning its target for three rounds. The top creature of a poisoned troop loses 50% of its health each round. Poisoning can only be removed by the Cure spell.

Structure Requirements

Name                    Basilisk                                        Greater Basilisk

Cost                        325 Gold                                      400 Gold

Attack                   11                                                12

Defense                11                                                12

Health                   35                                                40

Damage                6-10                                            6-10

Shots                     None                                           None

Movement           Ground                                        Ground

Speed                    Slow (5 hexes/turn)                       Extra Swift (7 hexes/turn)

Structure              Basilisk Pit                                  Upgraded Basilisk Pit

Cost                      2000 Gold + 5 Wood + 10 Ore         2000 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore

Requirements Serpent Fly Hive                             Basilisk Pit

Creatures/Week 4 Basilisks                                  4 Greater Basilisks

Name                    Gorgon                                        Mighty Gorgon

Cost                        525 Gold                                      600 Gold

Attack                   10                                                11

Defense                14                                                16

Health                   70                                                70

Damage                12-16                                           12-16

Shots                     None                                           None

Movement           Ground                                        Ground

Speed                    Slow (5 hexes/turn)                       Swift (6 hexes/turn)

Structure              Gorgon Lair                                 Upgrade Gorgon Lair

Cost                         2500 Gold +10 Wood +10           2000 Gold + 5 Wood + 5 Ore

Ore +5 Mercury +5 Sulfur

Requirements Serpent Fly Hive, Lizard Den             Gorgon Lair, Resource Silo

Creatures/Week 3 Gorgons                                   3 Mighty Gorgons

Name                     Wyvern                                 Wyvern Monarch

Cost                         800 Gold                               1100 Gold

Attack                    14                                         14

Defense                 14                                         14

Health                    70                                         70

Damage                 14-18                                    18-22

Shots                       None                                     None

Movement            Flying                                   Flying

Speed                     Extra Swift (7 hexes/turn)        Quick (11 hexes/turn)

Structure               Wyvern Nest                         Upgraded Wyvern Nest

Cost                          3500 Gold + 15 Wood        3000 Gold +10 Wood +10 Mercury

Requirements      Lizard Den                            Wyvern Nest

Creatures/Week 2 Wyverns                             2 Wyvern Monarchs

Hydras & Chaos Hydras

Hydras and chaos hydras are

multiheaded serpents attacking with vicious bites. When they attack, they attack all adjacent enemy troops. This attack is so overwhelming no counterstrike is possible.

Structure Requirements

Name                     Hydra                                         Chaos Hydra

Cost                        2200 Gold                                   3500 Gold + 1 Sulfur

Attack                   16                                              18

Defense                18                                              20

Health                    175                                            250

Damage                25-45                                         25-45

Shots                      None                                          None

Movement           Ground                                       Ground

Speed                    Slow (5 hexes/turn)                      Extra Swift (7 hexes/turn)

Structure              Hydra Pond                                 Upgraded Hydra Pond

Cost                         10000 Gold +10 Wood                    15000 Gold +10 Wood

                          +10 Ore +10 Sulfur                      +10 Ore +20 Sulfur

Requirements    Basalisk Pit, Wyvern Lair             Hydra Pond


Creatures/Week 1 Hydras                                     1 Chaos Hydras


Inferno Towns

Inferno towns can be found in Erathian regions blighted by the emergence of the underworld on the surface. Demoniac and Heretic heroes stand in uneasy alliance with these towns. Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units and are only slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the awesome, teleporting devil and arch devil units can be brought into play.

Inferno Specific Buildings

Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Blacksmith

1000 Gold+ 5 Wood

Village Hall

The Ammo Cart war machine (see War Machines and Siege Features, pg. 126) can be purchased from the Inferno blacksmith.

Brimstone Stormclouds

1000 Gold + 5 Sulfur

Fort

During a siege, the Brimstone Stormclouds increase the Power skill of a hero by two.

Castle Gate

10000 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore

Citadel

A visiting hero can pass through the Castle Gate building to any other allied Inferno town with a castle gate as long as that town does not have a visiting hero present.

Order of Fire

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

Mage Guild Level I

The Order of Fire permanently adds one to a visiting hero’s Power skill. This effect is applied

only once per scenario for each Order of

Fire visited.

Resource Silo

5000 Gold + 5 Ore

Marketplace

This upgrade to the marketplace provides 1 Mercury per day.


Devils & Arch Devils

Devils and arch devils can teleport to any hex on the battlefield. Their overwhelming attack leaves no

possibility for a retaliatory strike. They also do 150% damage to angels and reduce enemy Luck by one when they appear on the battlefield.

Structure Requirements

Name                   Devil                                           Arch Devil

Cost                       2700 Gold + 1 Mercury                    4500 Gold + 2 Mercury

Attack                  19                                               26

Defense               21                                               28

Health                  160                                              200

Damage              30-40                                           30-40

Shots                    None                                           None

Movement         Teleport                                       Teleport

Speed                   Quick (11 hexes/turn)                    Extra Fast (17 hexes/turn)

Structure            Forsaken Palace                            Upgraded Forsaken Palace

Cost                     15000 Gold +10 Wood +10 Ore     20000 Gold +5 Wood

                      +20 Mercury                                +5 Ore + 20 Mercury

Requirements Hell Hole, Fire Lake                       Forsaken Palace


Creatures/Week 1 Devil                                      1 Arch Devil


Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Blacksmith

1000 Gold+ 5 Wood

Village Hall

The First Aid Tent war machine (see War Machines and Siege Features, pg. 126) can be purchased from the Necropolis blacksmith.

Cover of Darkness

1000 Gold

Fort

The Cover of Darkness creates a permanent shroud over the town for enemy heroes. While heroes moving through the shroud remove it as normal, it is regenerated each day.

Necromancy Amplifier

1000 Gold

Mage Guild Level I

The Necromancy Amplifier adds 10% to the Necromancy skill of all Necromancers under your command.

Resource Silo

5000 Gold +5 Ore

Marketplace

This upgrade to the marketplace provides +1 Wood, +1 Ore per day.

Skeleton Transformer

1000 Gold

Cursed Temple

Creatures brought to a town with a Skeleton Transformer may be turned into skeletons by putting them through a skeleton transformer.

Shipyard

2000 Gold + 20 Wood

Village Hall

The shipyard allows ships to be built. Ships cost 1000 Gold + 10 Wood.

Necromancy

Necropolis Towns

Necropolis towns are overrun and ruled by undead creatures. They are the natural bases for the Necromancer and Death Knight hero types. Necropolis armies have many units with abilities to weaken their opponents. This quickly gives them an edge over equal or even more powerful enemy armies.

Necropolis Specific Buildings

Necropolis Creature Generators and Hordes

Skeletons & Skeleton Warriors     Name                                                              Skeleton          Skeleton Warrior

While skeletons and skeleton warriors are Cost 60 Gold 70 Gold average foot soldiers individually, it is Attack 5 6 possible to build massively populated Defense 4 6 troops of them. They are numerously Health 6 6 produced, are the main creature produced Damage 1-3 1-3 by the Necromancy secondary skill, and Shots None None

other creature types can be converted into Movement          Ground                                        Ground

them at Necropolis skeleton transformers. Speed                  Extra Slow (4 hexes/turn)               Slow (5 hexes/turn)

Structure StructureCursed Temple Upgraded Cursed Temple Unearthed Graves

Requirements                      Cost                           400 Gold + 5 Wood + 5 Ore 1000 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore       1000 Gold


Requirements Fort

Walking Dead & Zombies

Walking Dead and Zombies are magically animated corpses. Zombies have a 20% chance to cause disease in creatures they attack. Diseased creatures have their attack and defense ratings reduced by two for a period of three rounds.

Structure Requirements

Wights & Wraiths

Wights and wraiths are life destroying spirits damaging their opponents by draining life. The first wight or wraith in each troop regenerates all lost damage at the beginning of each combat round. While wraiths appear on the battlefield, two spell points per turn are drained from an enemy spellcaster’s spell pool.

Structure Requirements

                                  Cursed Temple                     Skeleton Transformer

Name                  Walking Dead                               Zombie

Cost                       100 Gold                                      125 Gold

Attack                  5                                                 5

Defense               5                                                 5

Health                  15                                               20

Damage              2-3                                              2-3

Shots                    None                                           None

Movement         Ground                                        Ground

Speed                  Very Slow (3 hexes/turn)                Extra Slow (4 hexes/turn)

Structure            Graveyard                                    Upgraded Graveyard

Cost                        1000 Gold + 5 Ore                       1000 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore

Requirements Cursed Temple                               Graveyard

Creatures/Week 8 Walking Dead                          8 Zombies

Name                    Wight                                         Wraith

Cost                        200 Gold                                     230 Gold

Attack                   7                                                7

Defense                7                                                7

Health                   18                                              18

Damage               3-5                                             3-5

Shots                     None                                          None

Movement          Flying                                         Flying

Speed                   Slow (5 hexes/turn)                       Extra Swift (7 hexes/turn)

Structure              Tomb of Souls                             Upgraded Tomb of Souls

Cost                         1500 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore         1500 Gold + 5 Mercury

Requirements    Cursed Temple                            Tomb of Souls

Creatures/Week 7 Wights                                    7 Wraiths



Bone and Ghost Dragons

Bone and ghost dragons are raised from dragon corpses. Both of these

creatures have a ferocious biting attack and lower the morale of enemy units by one when they appear on the battlefield. Ghost Dragon attacks have a 20% chance of aging their targets. Aged troops have the hit points of all their members halved.

Structure Requirements

Name                   Bone Dragon                                Ghost Dragon

Cost                       1800 Gold                                    3000 Gold + 1 Mercury

Attack                  17                                               19

Defense               15                                               17

Health                  150                                              200

Damage              25-50                                           25-50

Shots                    None                                           None

Movement         Flying                                          Flying

Speed                   Ultra Swift (9 hexes/turn)                Ultra Quick (14 hexes/turn)

Structure            Dragon Vault                               Upgraded Dragon Vault

Cost                   10000 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore +5    15000 Gold + 5 Wood + 5 Ore

Crystal +5 Gem +5 Mercury +5 Sulfur +20 Mercury

Requirements Hall of Darkness                            Dragon Vault


Creatures/Week 1 Bone Dragon                            1 Ghost Dragon


Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Blacksmith

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

Village Hall

The Rampart blacksmith provides the First Aid Tent war machine (see War Machines and Siege Features pg. 126).

Mystic Pond

2000 Gold + 2 Wood + 2 Ore

+ 2 Crystal+ 2 Gem

+ 2 Mercury + 2 Sulfur

Village Hall 

The mystic pond provides 1-4 random resources on Day 1 of each week.

Fountain of Fortune

1500 Gold + 10 Crystal

Mystic Pond

The fountain of fortune is an upgrade to the basic mystic pond. Its presence gives +2 Luck for a hero during a siege.

Resource Silo

5000 Gold + 5 Ore

Marketplace

The resource silo is an upgrade to the marketplace. It provides 1 Crystal each day.

Treasury

5000 Gold+5 Wood+10 Ore

Miners’ Guild

The treasury provides +10% interest for Day 1 player gold total.

     Castle                                                                                                     Enchanted

Rampart Towns

The Druid and Ranger hero classes are native to Ramparts, which are built by creatures in allied defense of the unspoiled wilderness regions of Erathia. With two slow unit types, Dwarves and Dendroids, Rampart armies may be best suited to defensive tactics. Most of these creatures, however, have enemy hampering abilities that can be used to turn the tide against many opponents—especially those dependent on magical attacks.

Rampart Specific Buildings

Rampart Creature Generators and Hordes

Centaurs & Centaur Captains    CreatureCost                                                Centaur70 Gold    90Centaur Captains Gold

Armed with sturdy spears and Attack 5 6 possessed of good speed and attack Defense 3 3

          ratings, the centaur and centaur Health                         8                                                 10

captains are perhaps the best basic foot Damage 2-3 2-3 soldier units in the game. While they Shots None None are also the most expensive basic unit, Movement Ground Ground

their abilities and durability keep them Speed        Swift (6 hexes/turn) Very Swift (8 hexes/turn) useful for longer than most.

                                                             Structure            Centaur Stables                            Upgraded Centaur Stables

                                                             Cost                      500 Gold + 10 Wood                     1000 Gold + 5 Wood

Structure Requirements Requirements Fort                                              Centaur Stables

                                                            Creatures/Week 14 Centaurs                                 14 Centaur Captains

Dwarves & Battle Dwarves          NameCost                                              Dwarf120 Gold      150Battle Dwarf Gold

Because of their slowness, dwarves are Attack 6 7 perhaps best used to defend ranged Defense 7 7 attackers. Battle dwarves have greater Health 20 20 mobility and are more versatile. Damage 2-4 2-4 Dwarves and battle dwarves have, Shots None None

  respectively, a 20% and 40% resistance    Movement          Ground                                        Ground

to magic which gives them a chance to Speed Very Slow (3 hexes/turn) Slow (5 hexes/turn) ignore the effects of hostile spell attacks.

Structure   Structure                  Dwarf Cottage                     Upgraded Dwarf Cottage       Miners’ Guild

Requirements CostRequirements 1000Centaur Stables Gold + 5 Wood        1000Dwarf Cottage Gold + 5 Wood       1000Dwarf Cottage Gold

                         Creatures/Week      8 Dwarves                           8 Battle Dwarves                   +4 Dwarf Production


Wood Elves & Grand Elves

Armed with bows, elves are the only Rampart units with a ranged attack. Grand elves takes two shots per attack.

Structure Requirements

Name                    Wood Elf                                    Grand Elf

Cost                         200 Gold                                    225 Gold

Attack                    9                                               9

Defense                 5                                               5

Health                    15                                              15

Damage                3-5                                             3-5

Shots                      24                                              24

Movement            Ground                                       Ground

Speed                     Swift (6 hexes/turn)                     Extra Swift (7 hexes/turn)

Structure              Homestead                                  Upgraded Homestead

Cost                         1500 Gold + 10 Wood                  1500 Gold + 10 Wood

Requirements      Centaur Stables                           Homestead

Creatures/Week 7 Wood Elves                             7 Grand Elves

Pegasi & Silver Pegasi

Pegasi, winged horses ridden by female elven warriors, are the flying cavalry of the Rampart army. Their appearance on the battlefield makes it more difficult for enemy spellcasters, who must pay two extra spell points per spell cast when pegasi are present.

Structure Requirements

Dendroid Guards & Soldiers

Slow and powerful dendroids bash their opponents with their wooden limbs. Those attacked by denroids are snared in tangling roots and bound in place until the dendroids move or are killed.

Name                     Pegasus                                      Silver Pegasus

Cost                         250 Gold                                    275 Gold

Attack                    9                                               9

Defense                 8                                               10

Health                    30                                             30

Damage                 5-9                                            5-9

Shots                       None                                         None

Movement            Flying                                        Flying

Speed                     Very Swift (8 hexes/turn)              Extra Quick (12 hexes/turn)

Structure                Enchanted Spring                       Upgraded Enchanted Spring

Cost                          2000 Gold + 10 Crystal                2000 Gold + 5 Crystal

Requirements      Homestead                                 Enchanted Spring

Creatures/Week 5 Pegasi                                     5 Silver Pegasi

Name                     Dendroid Guard                           Dendroid Soldier

Cost                        350 Gold                                      425 Gold

Attack                    9                                                 9

Defense                12                                                12

Health                   55                                                65

Damage                10-14                                           10-14

Shots                      None                                           None

Movement           Ground                                        Ground

Structure Structure                  Dendroid Arches               Upgraded Dendroid Arches    Dendroid Saplings

Requirements CostRequirements                              2500Homestead Gold        Dendroid Arches1500 Gold                                       Dendroid Arches2000 Gold

                     Creatures/Week      3 Dendroid Guards            3 Dendroid Soldiers              +2 Dendroid Production

Speed                   Very Slow (3 hexes/turn)                  Extra Slow (4 hexes/turn)


Unicorns & War Unicorns

Unicorns and war unicorns have excellent mobility and deliver severe damage with their lancing horn attack. This attack has a 20% chance of blinding an opponent. Both unicorn units project a magic resistant aura which gives adjacent units a 20% chance to ignore the effects of hostile spells.

Structure Requirements

Name                       Unicorn                                    War Unicorn

Cost                           850 Gold                                   950 Gold

Attack                      15                                            15

Defense                   14                                            14

Health                      90                                             110

Damage                   18-22                                       18-22

Shots                        None                                        None

Movement              Ground                                     Ground

Speed                       Extra Swift (7 hexes/turn)           Ultra Swift (9 hexes/turn)

Structure                 Unicorn Glade                            Upgraded Unicorn Glade

Cost                           4000 Gold +5 Wood                   3000 Gold + 5 Gem

+5 Ore +10 Gem

Requirements        Dendroid Arches, Enc. Spring     Unicorn Glade

Creatures/Week   2 Unicorns                                2 War Unicorns

Green & Gold Dragons

Green and gold dragons deliver devastating damage in the form of poisonous or sulfurous breath. Green dragons are immune to spells below the fourth level and gold dragons are only affected by spells of level five.

Structure Requirements

Name                   Green Dragon                              Gold Dragon

Cost                        2400 Gold + 1 Crystal                  4000 Gold + 2 Crystal

Attack                  18                                               27

Defense               18                                               27

Health                  180                                             250

Damage              40-50                                          40-50

Shots                    None                                          None

Movement         Flying                                         Flying

Speed                   Super Swift (10 hexes/turn)           Fast (16 hexes/turn)

Structure            Dragon Cliffs                              Upgraded Dragon Cliffs

Cost                    10000 Gold +30 Ore +20 Crystal  20000 Gold +30 Ore +20 Crystal

Requirements Mage Guild Level II, Unicorn Glade Mage Guild Level III, Dragon Cliffs


Creatures/Week 1 Green Dragon                          1 Gold Dragon


Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Blacksmith

Gold + 5 Wood

Village Hall

The Ammo Cart war machine may be purchased from the Stronghold blacksmith (see War Machines and Siege Features, pg. 126).

Ballista Yard

Gold+ 5 Wood

Blacksmith

This upgrade to the blacksmith allows for the purchase of the Ballista war machine (see War Machines and Siege Features, pg. 126).

Freelancer’s Guild

Gold

Marketplace

You may trade creatures for resources at the Freelancer’s Guild.

Resource Silo

Gold + 5 Ore

Marketplace

This upgrade to the marketplace provides 1 Wood and 1 Ore per day.

Escape Tunnel

Gold +5 Wood

+5 Ore

Fort

This upgrade to the castle allows heroes and their armies to surrender or flee during siege battles.

Hall of Valhalla

Gold

Fort

Visiting heroes receive a permanent +1 to their Attack skill from the Hall of Valhalla.

Section III

Stronghold Towns

Stronghold towns are built by alliances of tribes and are frequented by the Barbarian and Battle Mage hero types. Armies composed of Stronghold-based units have a balanced mix of ranged and hand-to-hand attackers. With the inclusion of the stronger units, these armies are particularly well-equipped to deal with attacks on other towns.

Stronghold Specific Buildings




Behemoths & Ancient Behemoths

The attack of these giant creatures is so overwhelming it reduces their target’s ability to mount further defenses. The attack of the behemoth reduces target defense value by 40%. Ancient behemoth attacks reduce it by

80%.

Structure Requirements

Name                   Behemoth                                Ancient Behemoth

Cost                       1500 Gold                                3000 Gold + 1 Crystal

Attack                  17                                           19

Defense               17                                           19

Health                  160                                         300

Damage              30-50                                      30-50

Shots                    None                                       None

Movement         Ground                                    Ground

Speed                   Swift (6 hexes/turn)                  Ultra Swift (9 hexes/turn)

Structure             Behemoth Lair                         Upgraded Behemoth Lair

Cost                       10000 Gold +10 Wood            15000 Gold +10 Wood +10 Ore

                       +10 Ore +10 Crystal                 +20 Crystal

Requirements Cliff Nest                                  Behemoth Lair


Creatures/Week 1 Behemoth                           1 Ancient Behemoth


Tower Towns

Wizards and Alchemists study their arcane craft in Towers. Tower populations are comprised of creatures bound into service by powerful magic, made on the spot, or allied with the town through ancient pacts. Tower armies have uniformly good morale and some of the best range attack units available.

Tower Specific Buildings

Structure

Cost

Requirements

Benefits

Artifact Merchants

10,000 Gold

Marketplace

Visit the artifact merchants building to trade resources for artifacts.

Blacksmith

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

Village Hall

The Tower blacksmith provides the Ammo Cart war machine (see War Machines and Siege Features, pg. 126).

Library

1500 Gold + 5 Crystal

+ 5 Wood + 5 Ore

+ 5 Sulfur + 5 Gem

+ 5 Mercury

Mage Guild Level I

If a Library is present in the town, each level of the mage guild makes one extra spell available for heroes to learn.

Lookout Tower

1000 Gold + 5 Wood

Fort

When a Lookout Tower is built, the Adventure Map shroud is removed over all locations within twenty terrain tiles.

Resource Silo

5000 Gold + 5 Ore

Marketplace

This upgrade to the marketplace provides 1 gem per day.

Wall of Knowledge

1000 Gold + 5 Ore

Mage Guild Level I

This structure gives visiting heroes a permanent +1 to their Knowledge skill. This effect occurs once per hero per scenario for each Wall of Knowledge visited.


Magi & Arch Magi

Apprentice magi, under the mentorship of Wizards, serve as Tower troops before they become full masters of their craft. Both mage and arch mage units suffer no damage penalty for attacking adjacent enemies and reduce the casting cost of allied hero spells by two. Arch mage attacks penetrate cover and deal full damage to enemies behind siege walls.

Structure Requirements

Genies & Master Genies

Genies and master genies are Tower allies recruited from the realm of air magic. They attack with a shocking grasp that does solid damage to all opponents and 150% damage to efreet. Once per turn, master genies can cast a random, beneficial spell on an allied troop.

Structure Requirements

Nagas & Naga Queens

Nagas are guardian defenders of great strength. Their multi-sword attacks always do maximum damage and are so overwhelming they are impossible to counterstrike against.

Structure Requirements

Name                   Mage                                           Arch Mage

Cost                       350 Gold                                      450 Gold

Attack                  11                                               12

Defense               8                                                 9

Health                  25                                               30

Damage              7-9                                              7-9

Shots                    24                                               24

Movement         Ground                                        Ground

Speed                  Slow (5 hexes/turn)                       Extra Swift (7 hexes/turn)

Structure            Mage Tower                                 Upgraded Mage Tower

Cost                     2500 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore            2000 Gold + 5 Wood

+5 Crystal +5 Gems +5 Mercury

+5 Sulfur

Requirements Mage Guild Level I, Parapet,          Mage Tower, Library

Golem Factory

Creatures/Week 4 Magi                                       4 Arch Magi

Name                   Genie                                           Master Genie

Cost                       550 Gold                                      600 Gold

Attack                  12                                               12

Defense               12                                               12

Health                  40                                               40

Damage              13-16                                           13-16

Shots                    None                                           None

Movement         Flying                                          Flying

Speed                  Extra Swift (7 hexes/turn)              Quick (11 hexes/turn)

Structure            Altar of Wishes                            Upgraded Altar of Wishes

Cost                        3000 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore          2000 Gold +5 Wood

+6 Crystal +6 Gems

Requirements Mage Tower     Altar of Wishes Creatures/Week 3 Genies             3 Master Genies

Name                   Naga                                            Naga Queen

Cost                       1100 Gold                                    1600 Gold

Attack                  16                                               16

Defense               13                                               13

Health                  110                                              110

Damage              20                                               30

Shots                    None                                           None

Movement         Ground                                        Ground

Speed                  Slow (5 hexes/turn)                       Extra Swift (7 hexes/turn)

Structure            Golden Pavilion                            Upgraded Golden Pavilion

Cost                    4000 Gold +5 Wood +5 Ore +2     3000 Gold + 3 Crystal + 3 Gems

Crystal +2 Gems +2 Mercury +2 Sulfur + 3 Mercury + 3 Sulfur

Requirements Mage Tower                                  Golden Pavilion

Creatures/Week 2 Nagas                                      2 Naga Queens


Neutral Creatures

These creatures are not associated with any particular town type but may be found wandering the lands of Erathia. All elementals and golems have neutral moral and immunity to poison. Some locations found on the Adventure Map may offer these creatures up for recruitment.

Elementals

War Machines

Each hero may be equipped with one of each type of the four available war machines. Heroes are  automatically equipped with a Catapult. The Ammo Cart, First Aid Tent, and Ballista may be purchased in towns from blacksmiths. In combat, they appear on the battlefield and may be attacked by opposing forces. War machines do not perform counterstrikes when attacked, nor is their defensive value affected by a hero’s Defense skill.

       Name                   Ammo Cart                                 Ballista                                         First Aid Tent

       Cost                      1000 Gold                                   2500 Gold                                    750 Gold

       Attack                 0                                                10                                                0

       Defense              5                                                10                                                0

       Health                 100                                             250                                              75

       Damage           n/a                                              (2-3) x (Hero’s Attack Skill + 1)    n/a

       Speed                  Immobile (0 hexes/turn)                Immobile (0 hexes/turn)                 Immobile (0 hexes/turn)

The Ammo Cart provides all allied The Ballista targets enemy creature The First Aid Tent regenerates 1ranged attack units with unlimited troops automatically but may be 25 points of damage for the first ammunition. aimed by a hero possessing the creature in a troop. This effect is

Artillery skill (see Secondary Skills, applied randomly, once per round.

Description                              pg. 35).  Ballistas are too unwieldy to Heroes with the First Aid skill (see

use in castle defense and do not Secondary Skills, pg. 35) can appear on the side of defenders dur- choose which troop is affected. ing sieges.


Section III

Individual Heroes

Neela

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Genie               Secondary Skills        Basic Scholar, Basic Armorer

Power        2 1          Knowledge                  2

Neela receives a 5% per level bonus to her Armorer skill.

 

Piquedram

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

1

Piquedram's increases t

Secondary Skills         Basic Mysticism, Basic Scouting

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

he Attack and Defense skills of any Stone or Obsidian Gargoyles he

commands for each level he attains after the 2nd level.

Josephine

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills        Basic Mysticism, Basic Sorcery

Power                                      2

Knowledge                                 2

Josephine increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Stone or Iron Golems she commands for each level she attains after the 3rd level.

Rissa

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills        Basic Mysticism, Basic Offense

Power        2 1          Knowledge                  2

Rissa is able to produce 1 additional Mercury per day for the Kingdom she serves.

Thane

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Genie

1

1

Thane increases the Att for each level he attains after the 5th level.

Secondary Skills        Advanced Scholar

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

ack and Defense skills of any Genies or Master Genies he commands

Torosar

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

1

Torosar increases the At level he attains after the 4th level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Mysticism, Basic Tactics

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

tack and Defense skill of any Ballista under his command for each

Iona

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Genie               Secondary Skills        Basic Scholar, Basic Intelligence

Power                                      2

Knowledge                                 2

Iona increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Genies or Master Genies she commands for each level she attains after the 5th level.

Alchemists

           Fafner              Race                          Male Genie                  Secondary Skills        Basic Scholar, Basic Resistance

                              Attack                      1                                Power                            2

                              Defense                   1                                Knowledge                   2

Unique Ability        Fafner increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Nagas or Naga Queens he commands for each level he attains after the 6th level.

Gurnisso

n         Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Goblin

4

0

Gurnisson increases the level he attains after the 4th level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Offense, Basic Artillery

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

 Attack and Defense skill of any Ballista under his command for each

Jabarkas

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Ogre

4

0

Jabarkas increases the A for each level he attains after the 3rd level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Offense, Basic Archery

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

ttack and Defense skills of any Orcs or Orc Chieftains he commands

Krellion

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Ogre

4

0

Krellion increases the A for each level she attains after the 4th level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Offense, Basic Resistance

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

ttack and Defense skills of any Ogres or Ogre Magi she commands

Shiva

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills        Basic Offense, Basic Scouting

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Shiva increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Rocs or Thunderbirds she commands for each level she attains after the 5th level.

Tyraxor

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Goblin

4

0

Tyraxor increases the At for each level he attains after the 2nd level.

Secondary Skills       Basic Offense, Basic Tactics

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

tack and Defense skills of any Wolf Riders or Raiders he commands

Yog

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Genie

4

0

Yog increases the Attac for each level he attains after the 6th level.

Secondary Skills         Basic Offense, Basic Ballistics

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

k and Defense skills of any Cyclopses or Cyclops Lords he commands

World ReferenceIndividual Heroes

Barbarians

Crag Ha

ck        Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

4

0

Crag Hack receives a 5

Secondary Skills        Advanced Offense

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

% per level bonus to his Offense skill.

Gretchin

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Goblin             Secondary Skills        Basic Offense, Basic Pathfinding

4                                Power                            1

0                                Knowledge                   1

Gretchin increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Goblins or Hobgoblins she commands for each level she attains after the 1st level.


 

Zubin

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Goblin

2

1

Zubin's proficiency with

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Artillery

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

 the Precision spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based

on his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Vey

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Ogre

2

1

Vey increases the Attac each level he attains after the 4th level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Leadership

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

k and Defense skills of any Ogres or Ogre Magi he commands for

Gundula

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Ogre

2

1

Gundula receives a 5%

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Offense

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

per level bonus to her Offense skill.

Oris

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Eagle Eye

Power        1 1          Knowledge                  1

Oris receives a 5% per level bonus to her Eagle Eye skill.

Saurug

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Ogre

2

1

Saurug is able to produ

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Resistance

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

ce 1 additional Gem per day for the Kingdom he serves.

Terek

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

2

1

Terek's proficiency with

Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Tactics

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

the Haste spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based on

his level compared to the level of the target unit.(greater bonus on weaker units)

Section III Battle Mages

Dessa

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Ogre

2

1

Dessa receives a 5% per

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Logistics

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

 level bonus to his Logistics skill.

Gird

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Sorcery

2             Power        1 1          Knowledge                    1

Gird receives a 5% per level bonus to her Sorcery skill.


 

Bron

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

0

4

Bron increases the Atta

Secondary Skills        Basic Armorer, Basic Resistance

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

ck and Defense skills of any Basilisks or Greater Basilisks he com-

mands for each level he attains after the 4th level.

Drakon

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Gnoll

0

4

Drakon increases the A

Secondary Skills        Basic Armorer, Basic Leadership

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

ttack and Defense skills of any Gnolls or Gnoll Marauders he com-

mands for each level he attains after the 1st level.

Gerwulf

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

0

4

Gerwulf increases the A level he attains after the 4th level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Armorer, Basic Artillery

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

ttack and Defense skill of any Ballista under his command for each

Korbac

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Lizardman           Secondary Skills       Basic Armorer, Basic Pathfinding

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Korbac increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Serpent or Dragon Flies he commands for each level he attains after the 3rd level.

Tazar

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

0

4

Tazar receives a 5% per

Secondary Skills        Advanced Armorer

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

level bonus to his Armorer skill.

Wystan

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Lizardman           Secondary Skills       Basic Armorer, Basic Archery

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Wystan increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Lizardmen or Lizard Warriors he commands for each level he attains after the 2nd level.

World Reference

Beastmasters

Alkin

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Gnoll

0

4

Alkin increases the Atta

Secondary Skills        Basic Armorer, Basic Offense

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

ck and Defense skills of any Gorgons or Mighty Gorgons he com-

mands for each level he attains after the 5th level.

 

 

Broghild

Race Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Lizardman           Secondary Skills        Basic Armorer, Basic Scouting

0                                Power                            1

4                                Knowledge                   1

Broghild increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Wyverns or Wyvern Monarchs he commands for each level he attains after the 6th level.


 

Sanya

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Eagle Eye

Power        2 0          Knowledge                  2

Sanya receives a 5% per level bonus to her Eagle Eye skill.

Rion

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

0

Rion receives a 5% per

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic First Aid

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

level bonus to his First Aid skill.

Caitlin

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Intelligence

Power        2 0          Knowledge                  2

Caitlin's presence allows the Kingdom she serves to receive an additional 350 gold per day.

Adelaide

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Advanced Wisdom

Power                                      2

Knowledge                                 2

Adelaide's proficiency with the Frost Ring spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit. (greater bonus on weaker units)

Ingham

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

0

Ingham increases the A each level he attains after the 5th level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Mysticism

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

ttack and Defense skills of any Monks or Zealots he commands for

Loynis

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

0

Loynis's proficiency wit

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Learning

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

h the Prayer spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based on

his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (the bonus is greater on weaker units)

Section III

Clerics

Adela

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Diplomacy

1                                Power                            2

0                                Knowledge                   2

Adela's proficiency with the Bless spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Cuthbert

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

0

Cuthbert's proficiency w

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Estates

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

ith the Weakness spell allows him to cast it with increased effect,

based on his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)


 

Vokial

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Vampire              Secondary Skills       Basic Necromancy, Basic Artillery

1                                           Power  2

2                                           Knowledge            1

Vokial increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Vampires or Vampire Lords he commands for each level he attains after the 4th level.

Straker

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

2

Straker increases the At

Secondary Skills        Basic Necromancy, Basic Resistance

Power                            2

Knowledge                  1

tack and Defense skills of any Walking Dead or Zombies he com-

mands for each level he attains after the 2nd level.

Galthran

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Vampire              Secondary Skills       Basic Necromancy, Basic Armorer

1                                           Power  2

2                                           Knowledge            1

Galthran increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Skeletons or Skeleton Warriors he commands for each level he attains after the 1st level.

Isra

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Lich

1

2

Isra receives a 5% per le

Secondary Skills        Advanced Necromancy

Power                            2

Knowledge                  1

vel bonus to her Necromancy skill.

Moandor

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Lich

1

2

Moandor increases the

Secondary Skills        Basic Necromancy, Basic Learning

Power                            2

Knowledge                  1

Attack and Defense skills of any Liches or Power Liches he com-

mands for each level he attains after the 5th level.

Tamika

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Vampire           Secondary Skills        Basic Necromancy, Basic Offense

1                                           Power  2

2                                           Knowledge            1

Tamika increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Black Knights or Dread Knights she commands for each level she attains after the 6th level.

World Reference

Death Knights

Charna

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills      Basic Necromancy, Basic Tactics

1                                           Power  2

2                                           Knowledge            1

Charna increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Wights or Wraiths she commands for each level she attains after the 3rd level.

Clavius

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

2

Clavius's presence allow

Secondary Skills        Basic Necromancy, Basic Offense

Power                            2

Knowledge                  1

s the Kingdom he serves to receive an additional 350 gold per day.


 

Octavia

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Efreet               Secondary Skills        Basic Scholar, Basic Offense

Power        1 2          Knowledge                  1

Octavia's presence allows the Kingdom she serves to receive an additional 350 gold per day.

Pyre

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Logistics, Basic Artillery

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Pyre increases the Attack and Defense skill of any Ballista under her command for each level she attains after the 4th level.

Fiona

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills        Advance Scouting

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Fiona increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Hell Hounds or Cerberi she commands for each level she attains after the 3rd level.

Ignatius

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

2

2

Ignatius increases the A each level he attains after the 1st level.

Secondary Skills     Basic Tactics, Basic Resistance

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

ttack and Defense skills of any Imps or Familiars he commands for

Marius

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Demon             Secondary Skills       Advanced Armorer

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Marius increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Demons or Horned Demons she commands for each level she attains after the 4th level.

Nymus

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Demon             Secondary Skills        Advanced Offense

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Nymus increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Pit Fiends or Lords she commands for each level she attains after the 5th level.

Section III Demoniacs

Rashka

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Efreet

2

2

Rashka increases the At for each level he attains after the 6th level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Scholar, Basic Wisdom

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

tack and Defense skills of any Efreet or Efreet Sultans he commands

Calh

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Demon

2

2

Calh increases the Atta level he attains after the 2nd level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Archery, Basic Scouting

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

ck and Defense skills of any Gogs or Magogs he commands for each


 

Uland

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Dwarf

0

2

Uland's proficiency with

Secondary Skills        Advanced Wisdom, Basic Ballistics

Power                            1

Knowledge                  2

 the Cure spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based on

his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Coronius

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

0

2

Coronius's proficiency

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Scholar

Power                            1

Knowledge                  2

with the Slayer spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based

on his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Elleshar

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Elf

0

2

Elleshar receives a 5%

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Intelligence

Power                            1

Knowledge                  2

per level bonus to his Intelligence skill.

Gem

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic First Aid

Power        1 2          Knowledge                  2

Gem receives a 5% per level bonus to her First Aid skill.

Malcom

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Dwarf

0

2

Malcom receives a 5%

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Eagle Eye

Power                            1

Knowledge                  2

per level bonus to his Eagle Eye skill.

Melodia

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Elf

0

2

Melodia's proficiency wi

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Luck

Power                            1

Knowledge                  2

th the Fortune spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based

on her level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

World Reference

Druids

Aeris

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Elf

0

2

Aeris increases the Atta each level he attains after the 4th level.

Secondary Skills         Basic Wisdom, Basic Scouting

Power                            1

Knowledge                  2

ck and Defense skills of any Pegasi or Silver Pegasi he commands for

Alagar

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

0

2

Alagar's proficiency wit

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Sorcery

Power                            1

Knowledge                  2

h the Ice Bolt spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based

on his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)


 

Zydar

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Efreet

1

1

Zydar receives a 5% per

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Sorcery

Power                            2

Knowledge                  1

 level bonus to his Sorcery skill.

Xarfax

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

1

Xarfax's proficiency wit

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Leadership

Power                            2

Knowledge                  1

h the Fireball spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based on

his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Ayden

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

1

Ayden receives a 5% pe

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Intelligence

Power                            2

Knowledge                  1

r level bonus to his Intelligence skill.

Calid

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Demon             Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Learning

Power        2 1          Knowledge                  1

Calid is able to produce 1 additional Sulfur per day for the Kingdom she serves.

Olema

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Ballistics

Power                                      2

Knowledge                                 1

Olema's proficiency with the Weakness spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Xyron

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Efreet

1

1

Xyron's proficiency with

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Scholar

Power                            2

Knowledge                  1

 the Inferno spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based on

his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Section III

Heretics

Ash

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Demon             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Eagle Eye

1                                Power                            2

1                                Knowledge                   1

Ash's proficiency with the Bloodlust spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Axsis

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Demon

1

1

Axsis receives a 5% per

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Mysticism

Power                            2

Knowledge                  1

level bonus to his Mysticism skill.


 

Sylvia

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Leadership, Basic Navigation

Power        1 2          Knowledge                  1

Sylvia receives a 5% per level bonus to her Navigation skill.

Lord Ha

art        Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

2

2

Lord Haart receives a 5

Secondary Skills         Basic Leadership, Basic Estates

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

% per level bonus to his Estates skill.

Valeska

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Leadership, Basic Archery

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Valeska increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Archers or Marksmen she commands for each level she attains after the 2nd level.

Christian

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

2

2

Christian increases the level he attains after the 4th level.

Secondary Skills     Basic Leadership, Basic Artillery

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

Attack and Defense skill of any Ballista under his command for each

Sorsha

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills        Basic Leadership, Basic Offense

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Sorsha increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Swordsmen or Crusaders she commands for each level she attains after the 4th level.

Tyris

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills     Basic Leadership, Basic Tactics

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Tyris increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Cavaliers or Champions she commands for each level she attains after the 6th level.

World Reference

Knights

Edric

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

2

2

Edric increases the Atta for each level he attains after the 3rd level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Leadership, Basic Armorer

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

ck and Defense skills of any Griffins or Royal Griffins he commands

Orrin

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

2

2

Orrin receives a 5% per

Secondary Skills        Basic Leadership, Basic Archery

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

 level bonus to his Archery skill.


 

Sandro

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Lich

1

0

Sandro receives a 5% p

Secondary Skills        Basic Necromancy, Basic Sorcery

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

er level bonus to his Sorcery skill.

Septienn

a          Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills        Basic Necromancy, Basic Scholar

Power                                      2

Knowledge                                 2

Septienna's proficiency with the Death Ripple spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Nimbus

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

0

Nimbus receives a 5% p

Secondary Skills     Basic Necromancy, Basic Eagle Eye

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

er level bonus to his Eagle Eye skill.

Thant

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Vampire              Secondary Skills      Basic Necromancy, Basic Mysticism

Power                                      2

Knowledge                                 2

Thant's proficiency with the Animate Dead spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based on his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Vidomina

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills        Advanced Necromancy

Power        2 0          Knowledge                  2

Vidomina receives a 5% per level bonus to her Necromancy skill.

Xsi

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Lich

1

0

Xsi's proficiency with th

Secondary Skills        Basic Necromancy, Basic Learning

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

e Stone Skin spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on

her level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Section III Necromancers

Aislinn

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Vampire           Secondary Skills       Basic Necromancy, Basic Wisdom

1                                Power                            2

0                                Knowledge                   2

Aislinn's proficiency with the Meteor Shower spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Nagash

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Lich

1

0

Nagash's presence allow

Secondary Skills     Basic Necromancy, Basic Intelligence

Power                            2

Knowledge                  2

s the Kingdom he serves to receive an additional 350 gold per day.


 

Damacon

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Troglodyte           Secondary Skills        Advanced Offense

Power        1 2          Knowledge                  1

Damacon's presence allows the Kingdom he serves to receive an additional 350 gold per day.

Gunnar

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Minotaur             Secondary Skills       Basic Tactics, Basic Logistics

Power        1 2          Knowledge                  1

Gunnar receives a 5% per level bonus to his Logistics skill.

Dace

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Minotaur             Secondary Skills       Basic Tactics, Basic Offense

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Dace increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Minotaurs or Minotaur Kings he commands for each level he attains after the 5th level.

Lorelei

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills        Basic Leadership, Basic Scouting

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Lorelei increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Harpies or Harpy Hags she commands for each level she attains after the 2nd level.

Shakti

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Troglodyte           Secondary Skills       Basic Offense, Basic Tactics

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Shakti increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Troglodytes or Infernal Troglodytes he commands for each level he attains after the 1st level.

Synca

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills        Basic Leadership, Basic Scholar

Power                                      1

Knowledge                                 1

Synca increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Manticores or Scorpicores she commands for each level she attains after the 6th level.

World Reference

Overlords

Ajit

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

2

2

Ajit increases the Attac each level he attains after the 1st level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Leadership, Basic Resistance

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

k and Defense skills of any Beholders or Evil Eyes he commands for

Arlach

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Troglodyte           Secondary Skills        Basic Offense, Basic Artillery

2                                Power                            1

2                                Knowledge                   1

Arlach increases the Attack and Defense skill of any Ballista under his command for each level he attains after the 4th level.


 

Ufretin

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Dwarf

1

3

Ufretin increases the At

Secondary Skills         Basic Resistance, Basic Luck

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

tack and Defense skills of any Dwarves of Battle Dwarves he com-

mands for each level he attains after the 2nd level.

Thorgrim

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Dwarf

1

3

Thorgrim receives a 5%

Secondary Skills        Advanced Magic Resistance

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

 per level bonus to his Resistance skill.

Jenova

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Elf

1

3

Jenova's presence allows

Secondary Skills        Advanced Archery

Power        1 Knowledge               1

the Kingdom she serves to receive an additional 350 gold per day.

Kyrre

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Elf

1

3

Kyrre receives a 5% per

Secondary Skills        Basic Archery, Basic Logistics

Power        1 Knowledge               1

level bonus to her Logistics skill.

Mephala

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills        Basic Leadership, Basic Armorer

Power        1 3          Knowledge                  1

Mephala receives a 5% per level bonus to her Armorer skill.

Ryland

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

1

3

Ryland increases the At

Secondary Skills       Basic Leadership, Basic Diplomacy

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

tack and Defense skills of any Dendroid Guards or Soldiers he com-

mands for each level he attains after the 5th level.

Section III

Rangers

Clancy

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Dwarf

1

3

Clancy increases the At

Secondary Skills        Basic Resistance, Basic Pathfinding

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

tack and Defense skills of any Unicorns or War Unicorns he com-

mands for each level he attains after the 6th level.

Ivor

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Elf

1

3

Ivor increases the Attac for each level he attains after the 3rd level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Archery, Basic Offense

Power                            1

Knowledge                  1

k and Defense skills of any Wood Elves or Grand Elves he commands


 

Sephinr

oth        Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Intelligence

Power        3 0          Knowledge                  2

Sephinroth is able to produce 1 additional Crystal per day for the Kingdom she serves.

Malekith

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Minotaur             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Sorcery

Power        3 0          Knowledge                  2

Malekith receives a 5% per level bonus to his Sorcery skill.

Deemer

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Minotaur             Secondary Skills      Basic Wisdom, Advanced Scouting

Power                                      3

Knowledge                                 2

Deemer's proficiency with the Meteor Shower spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based on his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Geon

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Troglodyte           Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Eagle Eye

Power        3 0          Knowledge                  2

Geon receives a 5% per level bonus to his Eagle Eye skill.

Jaegar

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Troglodyte           Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Mysticism

Power        3 0          Knowledge                  2

Jaegar receives a 5% per level bonus to his Mysticism skill.

Jeddite

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

0

0

Jeddite's proficiency wit

Secondary Skills        Advanced Wisdom

Power                            3

Knowledge                  2

h the Resurrection spell allows him to cast it with increased effect,

based on his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

World Reference

Warlocks

Alamar

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

0

0

Alamar's proficiency wit

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Scholar

Power                            3

Knowledge                  2

h the Resurrection spell allows him to cast it with increased effect,

based on his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Darkstor

n          Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Minotaur             Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Learning

0                                Power                            3

0                                Knowledge                   2

Darkstorn's proficiency with the Stone Skin spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based on his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)


 

Mirlanda

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Advanced Wisdom

0                                           Power  2

1                                           Knowledge            2

Mirlanda's proficiency with the Weakness spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Rosic

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Gnoll               Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Mysticism

Power        2 1          Knowledge                  2

Rosic receives a 5% per level bonus to her Mysticism skill.

Styg

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Lizardwoman    Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Sorcery

Power        2 1          Knowledge                  2

Styg receives a 5% per level bonus to her Sorcery skill.

Tiva

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Gnoll               Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Eagle Eye

Power        2 1          Knowledge                  2

Tiva receives a 5% per level bonus to her Eagle Eye skill.

Verdish

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic First Aid

Power        2 1          Knowledge                  2

Verdish receives a 5% per level bonus to her First Aid skill.

Voy

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Lizardwoman    Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Navigation

Power        2 1          Knowledge                  2

Voy receives a 5% per level bonus to her Navigation skill.

Section III

Witches

Andra

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Intelligence

0             Power        2 1          Knowledge                    2

Andra receives a 5% per level bonus to her Intelligence skill.

Merist

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Gnoll               Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Learning

0                                           Power  2

1                                           Knowledge            2

Merist's proficiency with the Stone Skin spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit. (greater bonus on weaker units)


 

Cyra

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Diplomacy

Power                                      2

Knowledge                                 3

Cyra's proficiency with the Haste spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)

Daremyt

h          Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Genie               Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Intelligence

Power                                      2

Knowledge                                 3

Daremyth's proficiency with the Fortune spell allows her to cast it with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit. 

Halon

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Genie

0

0

Halon receives a 5% pe

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Mysticism

Power                            2

Knowledge                  3

r level bonus to his Mysticism skill.

Serena

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Human             Secondary Skills       Basic Wisdom, Basic Eagle Eye

Power        2 0          Knowledge                  3

Serena receives a 5% per level bonus to her Eagle Eye skill.

Solmyr

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Genie

0

0

Solmyr's proficiency wit

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Sorcery

Power                            2

Knowledge                  3

h the Chain Lightning spell allows him to cast it with increased

effect, based on his level compared to the level of the target unit. 

Theodor

us         Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

0

0

Theodorus increases the for each level he attains after the 4th level.

Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Ballistics

Power                            2

Knowledge                  3

 Attack and Defense skills of any Magi or Arch Magi he commands

World Reference

Wizards

Aine

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Female Genie               Secondary Skills        Basic Wisdom, Basic Scholar

0             Power        2 0          Knowledge                    3

Aine's presence allows the Kingdom she serves to receive an additional 350 gold per day.

Astral

Race

Attack

Defense

Unique Ability

Male Human

0

0

Astral's proficiency with

Secondary Skills        Advanced Wisdom

Power                            2

Knowledge                  3

 the Hypnotize spell allows him to cast it with increased effect, based

on his level compared to the level of the target unit.  (greater bonus on weaker units)


 

Section IV

Keyboard Shortcuts


Adventure Map

H – Selects next hero

M – Moves current hero

K – Kingdom Overview

U – Toggles map elevation

C – Cast spell

Z – Puts current hero to sleep

W – Wakens current hero

Q – Quest Log

E – End turn

A – Adventure Options

V – View World

P – Puzzle Map

D – Dig

I – View Scenario Info

O – System Options

M – Main Menu

L – Load Game

R – Restart Scenario S – Save Game

Q – Quit to Desktop

Esc – Return to Game

Arrow Keys – Moves current hero

Ctrl + Arrow Keys – Scrolls Adventure Map

Return – Centers current hero or town on Adventure Map

Tab – Send a chat message

(multiplayer game) Esc - Quit

Combat Screen

A – Automatic combat on/off

D – Defend

W – Wait

C – Cast spell

R   – Retreat

S    – Surrender

O – Combat Options

T – View troop

F5 – Toggles creature pop-up types

F6 – Toggles hex grid display

F7 – Toggles mouse shadow display

F8 – Toggles movement shadow display

Up/Down Arrow Keys

Scrolls combat messages

Space – Selects next creature

S – Start combat during Tactics phase

Town Screen

Up Arrow – Previous town

Down Arrow – Next town

Space   – Switches visiting/ garrison heroes

Spell Book

Left/Right Arrows – Turns pages

Up/Down Arrows – Move through bookmarks

A – Displays adventure spells C – Combat spells

View Army Window

U –Upgrade creature

D – Dismiss creature

General

F1 – Help

F4 – Toggles window/full screen display

Esc – Cancel, Exit, or No

Return – Okay, Accept, or Yes


Appendices

Mplayer.com

What is Mplayer.com?

Mplayer.com is the #1 multiplayer game service on the Internet. Playing the Heroes III game on Mplayer.com means that a player in a remote location can challenge other players in remote locations, and they’ll play in real time--like they’re all sitting in the same room. Mplayer.com offers hundreds of innovative features, including real-time voice--chat that lets you verbally taunt your opponents and praise your teammates. When you sign up for Mplayer.com you're joining a friendly online community where you can participate in regular tournaments, contests, and special events.

Pricing

Mplayer.com is FREE--there are no charges or monthly fees to play the Heroes III game on Mplayer.com. 

So how do I get started?

Installing Mplayer.com is simple. Just follow these easy steps and you’re on your way to the excitement of online multiplayer gaming!

1.   There are several ways to install Mplayer.com from the Heroes III game:

   From the game CD-ROM Autorun Menuselect the More option

   From the Windows 95 Start Menu select Heroes III and the Online Services option

   From Multiplayer Game Type Menuselect the Online Services button

   From the Heroes III folder click on the Online Services option 

2.   Each of these ways will bring up the Multiplayer Online Services menu with the Mplayer.com button,which will:

   Check for Mplayer.com -- if you don’t have it, we’ll install everything you need!  Just follow the easyinstall instructions at the prompts. During the process, you’ll set up an Mplayer.com account and select your Mplayer.com member name and password.

3.   After installing Mplayer.com, your Web browser will launch and connect you to the Mplayer.com gamepage:

   Make sure your game CD-ROM is in the disk drive.

   Now click on ‘Play Now’ to log onto Mplayer.com and head to the Lobby of your game.

   Before entering the game’s Lobby, we’ll automatically download any additional files you might needto make the game playable on Mplayer.com.

Section IV

4.   Now you are in your game’s Lobby on Mplayer.com. 

    Chat with other players by typing your message and pressing Enter.

    To enter a Game Room, double-click on a green Room icon.

    If you want to create a new Game Room, click on the Create Room button.

5.   Almost there!

    If you enter an existing Game Room, Click on the ‘Ready to Play?’ button, or,• If you create a Room, wait for players, then click on the ‘Launch Game’ button.

6.   Have fun playing on Mplayer.com!

Mplayer.com Customer Support

Mplayer.com has a staff of highly trained Technical Support representatives waiting to answer any questions or solve any problems you can throw at ‘em. If you're having trouble installing Mplayer.com, contact a Technical Support representative by emailing support@mplayer.com or by calling (650) 429-3100 between the hours of 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. (PST), seven days a week.

For more information about Mplayer.com visit our Web site at www.mplayer.com.

Mplayer.com Technical Info

You need the following PC configuration to install our software and play games on Mplayer.com:

System Requirements:

      Windows 95

      Pentium processor

      8MB RAM (16MB recommended)

      14.4 KBPS or faster modem (28.8 KBPS or higher recommended)

      Internet access*

      Web browser

* AOL, CompuServe, and Prodigy do not yet support adequate TCP/IP connections for FAST gameplay. Low latency games, including turn-based or role playing games, however, can be played.

Appendices

Using HEAT

How to Play on HEAT

1.There are several ways to install HEAT from the Heroes III game:

   From the game CD-ROM Autorun Menuselect the More option

   From the Windows 95 Start Menuselect Heroes III and the Online Services option

   From the Multiplayer Game Type Menuselect the Online Services button

   From the Heroes III folder click on the Online Services option 

Each of these ways will bring up the Online Services menu with the HEAT button, which will install

HEAT.

2.For FREE gameplay on HEAT.net, you may use the HEAT button on the Online Services menu or, from your Java enables Internet browser, go to http://www.heat.net.If you aren’t already a HEAT member, register your account information. Note, that if you already installed the HEAT software from your Heroes of Might and Magic III CD-ROM, you will not need to download the software. (HEAT updates are automatic.)

3.   Log in by entering your user name and password.

4.   Choose the Heroes III game from the list of games

5.   Click the “Play Now” button on the web page to get to the Heroes of Might and Magic III lobbyarea.

6.   From the HEAT Heroes III game lobby, you may choose to create a new “room” or join an existing room. If you decide to create a room you will be the moderator, who controls the game setting options. As the moderator you can start a game at anytime by clicking the Launch button.

Note: for users with less than 48MB of RAM: Go to the Options Menu of the HEAT.net Katalyst, click on the General tab, and check the box labeled Kill Browser When Game Starts.


Troubleshooting

Installation

Problem: The CD is in the CD-ROM drive, but the computer is not recognizing it.

Answers: The CD may be dirty or scratched.

Solutions:

1.   Make sure you have the ‘Game’ CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2.   Make sure the data side of the CD (shiny side) is not dirty or scratched.  If it is dirty, take a lintfree non-abrasive cloth and wipe gently to clean it (always wipe radially, from the inside of the disk to the outside edges).  If the data side of the CD appears scratched,  please call Customer Support for information on our exchange policy.

Problem: The computer freezes during install and an error message is displayed.

Answers:  Your computer may be using an older 16-bit CD-ROM driver; there may not be enough space on your hard drive for temporary files to expand; the CD-ROM drive might be having problems with how it buffers information.

To check and see if your computer is using an older 16-bit CD-ROM driver:

1. Right-click on the My Computer icon and select ‘Properties’.

2. Click on the ‘Performance’ tab.

3. In the ‘Performance status’ box, if the File System line says  “Some drivers are using MS-DOScompatibility, you are using a 16-bit CD-ROM driver. Solutions:

1.   For 16-bit CD-ROM drivers: Contact the manufacturer of your CD-ROM drive or the manufacturerof your computer for an updated 32-bit CD-ROM driver.

2.   For 32-bit CD-ROM drivers:

    Close all unnecessary programs running in the Background:  Press the CTRL+ALT+DEL keysat the same time, select a program, and press the End Task button.  Repeat until all programs except the ‘Explorer’ and ‘Systray’ programs are closed.

    Empty the Recycle Bin and delete all files in your C:\Windows\Temp folder.

3.   Turn off read-ahead on the CD-ROM drive:

1.  Right-click on the My Computer icon and select ‘Properties’.

2.  Click on the ‘Performance’ tab.

3.  Click on the ‘File System’ button.

4.  Choose the ‘CD-ROM’ tab at the top

5.  Change the ‘Optimize access pattern for’ field to ‘No read-ahead’

6.  Click on Apply, then OK and finally click Close (you will be prompted to restart your system).

You can restore the setting back to normal after the game is installed successfully.

Launching the Game I

Problem: After launching the game from the Start menu or Desktop icon, you get a blank screen, a black box surrounding the mouse cursor, blurring or choppy graphics, vertical lines on the screen, choppy sound, or no sound.

Answer: There is probably a conflict between your video or sound card and Microsoft’s DirectX.

Solution:

1.  Put the ‘Install’ CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2.  Press the Start button on the Windows 95 task bar and select ‘Find’, and then ‘Files or Folders..’.

3.  Type ‘dxsetup.exe’ in the ‘Named:’ box and select your CD-ROM drive under ‘Look in’.

4.  Select the ‘Find Now’ button.

5.  Double click on the ‘dxsetup.exe’ file when the search is done.  You will see the DirectX™ Setupwindow.  All components should be version 4.05.x or greater, except for ‘Old Direct Play’, which may have a lower number.  If not all of the drivers are 4.05.x or greater:

6.  Select the ‘Reinstall DirectX’ button.  At this point, DirectX may prompt you for informationabout your video and/or audio drivers. Follow the recommendations and restart the computer as prompted.

For Windows 98 users:

1.   Press the Start button on the Windows 98 task bar and select ‘Help’

2.   Select the Search tab, type ‘DirectX Troubleshooter’ in the text box, and then press the List Topicsbutton.  Select ‘DirectX Troubleshooter’ in the Topics window, click the Display Button, and then follow the instructions to troubleshoot your DirectX issue.

Video and Sound card manufacturers regularly update their software drivers to enhance performance and stability, and to improve compatibility with DirectX.  You can find links to many of these manufacturers’ sites by going to the Driver Updates section of our support web site, which is located at http://www.3do.com/support.

You may obtain a list of Microsoft-certified video and audio drivers for your hardware by going to http://www.microsoft.com/hwtest/hcl/. Drivers listed here are confirmed to be compatibility with Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT4.0.

Microsoft updates DirectX and its components regularly and posts them for download off of their web site at http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX.

Launching the Game II

Problem: After launching the game from the Start menu or the desktop icon, your machine locks up, or flashes and returns to the desktop.

Answer: There may be a conflict with the game and another program running in memory. 

Solution:

1.  Before starting the game, press CTRL-ALT-DEL , this will bring up a list of everything runningin memory.

2.  The only programs that need to be running (to run Windows) are Explorer and Systray

3.  Highlight the other programs (one at a time) and select "End Task".

4.  Repeat step 1 and 3 for each of the other  programs.

5.  Once you are down to the last two programs (Explorer and Systray), try running the program again.For Windows 98 users:

1.   Go to  your Start menu and then Run.

2.   In the run line type:  msconfig (This will bring up you System Configuration Utility)

3.   Select the "Startup" tab, and turn all of the check boxes off.

4.   Press "OK" and then restart your machine.

5.   Once your machine has restarted try running the program again.

Customer Support

Web Site

Visit www.3do.com/support for late-breaking news and information, answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s), links to hardware manufacturers’ web sites, and the latest product updates.

If you want to ask a specific technical question, you can use the online email form available at our web site.

Phone

Call (650) 261-3454,  Monday through Friday, 9:00am - 12:00 noon and 2:00pm - 5:00pm, Pacific Time.

U.S. Mail

Customer Support

The 3DO Company

600 Galveston Drive

Redwood City, CA 94063

However you choose to contact us, please provide us with the following information:  Computer OS type, amount of RAM, and CPU type (this information is available by right-clicking the My Computer icon, selecting ‘Properties’, and then clicking the ‘General’ tab), as well as your hard drive size and available free space (right-click on your hard drive icon).

3DO Direct Sales - (800) 336-3506

World Wide Web - http://www.3do.com

Customer Support general e-mail address:  customer-support@3do.com

Index


Advanced..........................................................................................35 Adventure Map.................................................................................13 Adventure Map Cursors ....................................................................19 Adventure Map View.........................................................................14 Adventure Options ...........................................................................20 Adventure Spell................................................................................56 Air Magic.........................................................................................64 Alchemists ...............................................................................25, 118 Animation Speed Options.................................................................48 Army Formation...............................................................................30 Arraying Forces ................................................................................41 Arrow Tower.....................................................................................46 Artifact Merchant.............................................................................53 Artifacts...........................................................................................18 Auto Combat Options ......................................................................48 Barbarian.........................................................................................25 Basic................................................................................................35 Battle Mage..............................................................................25, 120 Beastmasters ............................................................................24, 121 Boats ...............................................................................................16 Border Guards..................................................................................18 Cast Spell.........................................................................................20 Castle...............................................................................................52 Castle Buildings................................................................................84 Castle Creatures................................................................................85 Clerics......................................................................................24, 122 Combat............................................................................................40 Combat Screen.................................................................................41 Combat Screen Cursors ....................................................................47 Combat Spell ...................................................................................56 Combining Two Troops .....................................................................29 Control Buttons ...............................................................................20 Counterattacks .................................................................................43 Creature Dwellings......................................................................18, 52 Creature Information........................................................................28 Creature Information Rollover Options..............................................48 Creature Reference............................................................................81 Credits...............................................................................................8 Customer Support..........................................................................141 Damage Calculation..........................................................................43 Death Knights..........................................................................25, 123 Defend.............................................................................................43 Demoniacs .......................................................................................24 Dig ..................................................................................................21 Diplomacy........................................................................................18 Direct Connection Game ..................................................................62 Disk Options....................................................................................22 Dismiss Hero....................................................................................30 Dismissing a Troop ...........................................................................29 Drawbridge.......................................................................................46 Druids..............................................................................................25 Dungeon Buildings...........................................................................88 Dungeon Creatures...........................................................................89 Earth Magic.....................................................................................68 Elementals .....................................................................................116 Elevation Toggle ...............................................................................20 Ending Combat................................................................................45 Enemy Towns...................................................................................17 Experience........................................................................................27 Expert..............................................................................................35 Fire Magic........................................................................................72 Formations.................................................................................30, 41 Fortress Buildings.............................................................................92 Fortress Creatures.............................................................................93 Freelancer’s Guild.............................................................................53 Garrison...........................................................................................54 Garrisoned Heroes......................................................................23, 58 Gates ...............................................................................................18 Grail..........................................................................................18, 21 Grid.................................................................................................41 Hall .................................................................................................50 Hand-To-Hand Attack ......................................................................42 Heat.Net........................................................................................137 Heretics ...................................................................................24, 126 Hero Army.......................................................................................28 Hero Inventory.................................................................................31 Hero Screen...............................................................................23, 26 Hero Selector Buttons......................................................................15 Hero Types.......................................................................................23 Heroes .............................................................................................14 Heroes In Combat............................................................................45 Hexes...............................................................................................41 High Score.........................................................................................8 Hosting A Game ..............................................................................61 Hotseat Games.................................................................................60 Individual Hero Information .............................................................58 Individual Heroes............................................................................118 Individual Town Information.............................................................58 Inferno Buildings..............................................................................96 Inferno Creatures..............................................................................97 Joining A Game................................................................................61 Keyboard Shortcuts.........................................................................134 Kingdom Overview.....................................................................20, 57 Kingdom Resources...........................................................................53 Knights....................................................................................24, 127 Level Advancement...........................................................................33 Lighthouse .......................................................................................84 Load Game..................................................................................8, 22 Loose Resources................................................................................17 Luck..........................................................................................27, 44 Mage Guild......................................................................................52 Magic System...................................................................................55 Main Menu..................................................................................8, 22 Marketplace......................................................................................53 Moat................................................................................................46

Modem Game...................................................................................62 Morale .......................................................................................27, 44 Move Hero.......................................................................................20 Move Stack......................................................................................29 Movement Allowance........................................................................15 Movement Cursors............................................................................19 Moving Your Hero............................................................................15 Mplayer Customer Support .............................................................136 Mplayer.Com..................................................................................135

Multiplayer...................................................................................8, 59 Music And Effect Volume.................................................................22 Music Type.......................................................................................22 Native Terrain...................................................................................45 Necromancers ..........................................................................25, 129 Necropolis Buildings.......................................................................100 Necropolis Creatures.......................................................................101 Network Game.................................................................................61 Network Game Setup .......................................................................61 Neutral Creatures ...........................................................................116 New Game.........................................................................................8 Obelisks.....................................................................................18, 21 Overlords.................................................................................24, 128 Primary Skills.............................................................................27, 33 Quest Log..................................................................................20, 30 Rampart Buildings..........................................................................104 Rampart Creatures..........................................................................105 Ranged Attack..................................................................................42 Rangers....................................................................................25, 130 Recruit Heroes..................................................................................51 Replay Opponent Turn......................................................................21 Resource Bar....................................................................................22 Resource Mines.................................................................................17 Retreat.............................................................................................45 Rollover Text Bar........................................................................14, 22 Rumors ............................................................................................51 Save Game.......................................................................................22 Schools Of Magic.............................................................................55 Secondary Skills.........................................................................27, 35 Selection Cursors..............................................................................19 Sell Artifact......................................................................................53 Sell Creature....................................................................................53 Ship-To-Ship Combat.......................................................................47 Shipyard ..........................................................................................84 Siege Combat...................................................................................46 Skill Advancement............................................................................33 Skills ...............................................................................................33 Sleep/Awake Hero ............................................................................20 Sound Options.................................................................................22 Special Attack..................................................................................43 Specialty ..........................................................................................27 Spell Book.....................................................................31, 52, 55, 56 Spell Cost ........................................................................................55 Spell Points................................................................................27, 55 Spell Reference.................................................................................63 Splitting A Stack .............................................................................29 Spread Formation.............................................................................30 Starting A Single Scenario .................................................................9 Stronghold Buildings......................................................................108 Stronghold Creatures......................................................................109 Subterranean Level...........................................................................16 Surrender.........................................................................................45 Switch the Positions of Two Troop .....................................................30 Table Of Contents ..............................................................................2 Tactics Advantage .............................................................................42 Tactics Formation.......................................................................30, 42 Tavern..............................................................................................51 TCP/IP Host ...................................................................................62 Terrain Movement Costs ...................................................................16 Thieves Guild...................................................................................51 Tower Buildings..............................................................................112 Tower Creatures..............................................................................113 Town And Creature Reference............................................................81 Town Benefits...................................................................................17 Town Building Reference...................................................................81 Town Garrison..................................................................................54 Town Screen.....................................................................................49 Towns ........................................................................................17, 49 Trade With Allies ..............................................................................53 Trading Items Between Heroes ..........................................................32 Trading Troops..................................................................................32 Treasure Chests.................................................................................18 Troubleshooting..............................................................................138 Tutorial ..............................................................................................8 Upgrading Creatures.........................................................................54 View Hex Grid Options.....................................................................48 View Puzzle ......................................................................................21 View Scenario Information................................................................21 View World.......................................................................................21 Visiting Hero....................................................................................58 Wait.................................................................................................43 Wall .................................................................................................46 Wandering Creatures.........................................................................18 War Machine....................................................................................31 Warlocks....................................................................................24,131 Water Magic.....................................................................................76 Witches....................................................................................24, 132 Wizards....................................................................................25, 133 Your Towns.......................................................................................17 Zoom...............................................................................................21


Section IV

90 Day Limited Warranty

THE 3DO COMPANY LIMITED 90-DAY WARRANTY

The 3DO Company (“3DO”) warrants to the original consumer purchaser of this 3DO software product that the compact disc on which the underlying computer program is recorded is free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal, recommended use for ninety (90) days from the date of purchase.  The 3DO software program recorded on such a medium is sold on an “as is” basis, without any warranty or condition of any kind, and 3DO shall not be liable for any losses or damage of any kind or nature resulting from the use or inability to use such program.

3DO’s entire liability and the original consumer purchaser’s exclusive remedy for breach of any warranty (express or implied) shall be, at 3DO’s option, either: (a) to replace, free of charge, this 3DO software product, or (b) to return to the original consumer purchaser the price paid for this 3DO software product.  The preceding warranty shall not be applicable and 3DO shall not be obligated to replace this 3DO software product or to return any such sum to the original consumer unless this 3DO software product is returned within the 90-day warranty period, postage pre-paid with proof of purchase to The 3DO Company, 600 Galveston Drive, Redwood City, CA  94063, Attn.: Customer Support Dept., and the preceding warranty shall be void if any defect in this 3DO software product arises through accident, negligence, use in any application for which this 3DO software product was not designed or intended, modification without the prior consent of 3DO, any cause external to the product (e.g., heat), or by any other cause unrelated to defective materials or workmanship.

EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FOR ABOVE, ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,

CONDITIONS, TERMS AND OBLIGATIONS, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT

LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT REGARDING THIS 3DO SOFTWARE PRODUCT (RELATING TO EITHER THE COMPACT DISC, THE SOFTWARE OR OTHERWISE) ARE EXCLUDED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

3DO neither assumes nor authorizes any other person or entity to assume for 3DO (or any related or affiliated entity) any other liability in connection with this 3DO software product. 

IN NO EVENT SHALL 3DO BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS), SPECIAL AND/OR OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE RESULTING FROM THE

PURCHASE, POSSESSION, USE, OR INABILITY TO USE THIS 3DO SOFTWARE PRODUCT, EVEN IF 3DO HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSS.  IN NO EVENT SHALL 3DO’S LIABILITY

TO THE ORIGINAL CONSUMER PURCHASER EXCEED THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID FOR THIS 3DO

SOFTWARE PRODUCT.  SOME STATES/COUNTRIES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS AND/OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND/OR EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.  THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.

3DO has endeavored to ensure that the end user manual and promotional materials regarding this 3DO software product accurately reference the product.  However, because of ongoing improvements and updating of 3DO software products, 3DO cannot guarantee the accuracy of printed materials after the date of publication, and 3DO disclaims any loss, liability and/or damages, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, arising out of or resulting from the manual and promotional materials, including, without limitation, any loss or liability resulting from changes, errors or omissions with respect to any of such items.